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Etymology

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From Latin fulvus (tawny, reddish-yellow, fulvous).

Adjective

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fulvic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to fulvic acid or its derivatives.

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Noun

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fulvic (plural fulvics)

  1. A derivative of fulvic acid.
    • 1983, Environmental Research Laboratories Publication Abstracts, page 49:
      We confirm here that isolated natural marine fulvics and marine fulvics synthesized in the laboratory affect the bioavailability of trace metals to marine phytoplankton.
    • 2020, Roger S. Wotton, The Biology of Particles in Aquatic Systems, Second Edition:
      Freshwater chemists learned that rather than manipulate large volumes of water through a complex procedure in order to extract a few milligrams of humics or fulvics, a simple adsorption column of certain resins could collect []

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