a. [ Saccharine + ulmic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained as a dark amorphous substance by the long-continued boiling of sucrose with very dilute sulphuric acid. It resembles humic acid.
a. [ L. ulmus an elm: cf. F. ulmique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to ulmin; designating an acid obtained from ulmin. [ 1913 Webster ]