a. Chem. [f. querci-, comb. form of L. quercus oak + Gr. μέρος part + -IC.] Quercimeric acid, an acid derived from quercetin or quercetic acid.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 5. Quercimeric acid … Produced by the action of melting potash on quercetic acid.
1893. T. E. Thorpe, Dict. Chem., III. 324. Quercimeric acid … is isolated in the same manner as quercetic acid, from which it differs by being much more soluble in water. [See also QUERCETIC.]
