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

Succinic \Suc*cin"ic\, a. [Cf. F. succinique. See {Succinate}.]
   (Chem.)
   Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a
   dibasic acid, C?H?.(CO?H)?, first obtained by the dry
   distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as
   in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as
   a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste.

资料来源 : WordNet®

succinic
     adj : of or relating to or obtained from amber