a. Chem. [f. L. corn-us (see CORNEL) + -IC.] In Cornic acid, a synonym of CORNIN, q.v.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 164. In 1835, Geiger … discovered in it [bark of Cornus florida] a peculiar crystallized bitter substance,… which he distinguished by the name of cornic acid.
1863–82. in Watts, Dict. Chem.
