Fumaric \Fu*mar"ic\, a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory ({Fumaria officinalis}).
{Fumaric acid} (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, {C2H2(CO2H)2}, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called {lichenic acid}.
Paramaleic \Par`a*ma*le"ic\, a. [Pref. para- + maleic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from malic acid, and now called {fumaric} acid. [Obs.]