carboxyl | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Adjective carboxyl has 1 sense

carboxyl, carboxylic - relating to or containing the carboxyl group or carboxyl radical

,Noun carboxyl has 1 sense

carboxyl, carboxyl group - the univalent radical -COOH; present in and characteristic of organic acids
--₁ is a kind of group, radical, chemical group