Noun: formic acid 'for-mik 'asid
- A colourless pungent fuming vesicatory liquid acid HCOOH found naturally in ants and many plants or made catalytically from carbon monoxide and steam; used in finishing textiles and paper and in the manufacture of insecticides and fumigants
"Formic acid is responsible for the painful sting of many ants"
Derived forms: formic acids
Type of: acid
Encyclopedia: Formic acid