资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pyrocitric \Pyr`o*cit"ric\, a. [Pyro- + citric: cf. F.
   pyrocitrique.] (Chem.)
   Pertaining to, or designating, any one of three acids
   obtained by the distillation of citric acid, and called
   respectively {citraconic}, {itaconic}, and {mesaconic} acid.