Chem. [f. QUADR(I)- + OXALATE.] A compound containing four equivalents of oxalic acid; esp. quadroxalate of potash.
1808. Wollaston, in Phil. Trans., XCVIII. 101. The quadroxalate as 1 and 2, or 2 particles potash with 4, acid.
1850. Daubeny, Atom. The., iii. (ed. 2), 112. Binoxalate of potass is a compound of 2 of acid and of 1 of base; quadroxalate of 4 of the former to 1 of the latter.
1876. Harley, Mat. Med. (ed. 6), 316. Quadroxalate of Potash, erroneously called ‘Salt of Lemons.’
