a. rare. [f. SUCCINUM + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to amber.
1658. Phillips.
1794. R. J. Sulivan, View Nat., I. 233. The succinous [acid] is found only in amber.
1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), II. 4. The Succinous Acid, has been found in mineral Coal.
