a. Chem. [f. L. erūca a kind of cabbage + -IC.] Of or pertaining to eruca. Erucic acid, ‘an acid (C22 H42 O2) obtained by the saponification of the fixed oil of white mustard (Sinapis alba)’ (Watts, Dict. Chem.).
1869. Roscoe, Elem. Chem., 390. Erucic acid is contained in rapeseed oil.
