noun Chemistry.
- a salt or ester of benzoic acid.
noun
- any salt or ester of benzoic acid, containing the group C 6 H 5 COO– or the ion C 6 H 5 COO –Systematic name: benzenecarboxylate
n.
- A salt or ester of benzoic acid.
- A salt or ester of benzoic acid, having the general formula C6H5COOR, where R is an element or group that has replaced the hydrogen in the carboxyl group (COOH) of benzoic acid. In salts of benzoic acid, R is a metal, while in esters of benzoic acid, R is another radical, such as methyl.