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Carboxyl
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; - called also oxatyl.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Carboxyl'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/carboxyl.html. 1828.