xylic

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xylic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Xylic \Xy"lic\, a. (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, xylene;
     specifically, designating any one of several metameric acids
     produced by the partial oxidation of mesitylene and
     pseudo-cumene.
     [1913 Webster]