malic

From French malique, from Latin mālum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmælɪk/
• Rhymes: -ælɪk
• Homophone: Malick

malic (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to apples.
   • 1999, James Austin Kennedy, Proanthocyanidins in Vitis Vinifera L., Cv. Cabernet Sauvignon Berries, University of California, page 40:

     The fruit tastes very tart and has a green apple/malic flavor that is more pronounced than any berry type flavors.

2. (organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to malic acid or its derivatives.

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Borrowed from French malique.

malic m or n (feminine singular malică, masculine plural malici, feminine and neuter plural malice)

1. malic