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glycol'ic ac'id
a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C
2H
4O
3, that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.
Also,glycol'lic ac'id.Also called
hydroxyacetic acid. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.