Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ZYM'ATE, or ZU'MATE
ZYG-O-MAT'ICZYM'IC-A'CID, or ZU'MIC-A'CID
ZYM'ATE, or ZU'MATE, n.
A supposed compound of the imaginary zymic acid with a base. As there is no such acid there can be no such salt.
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