Definitions

1. noun

A salt or ester of oxalic acid.

“The chemist analyzed the oxalato compounds to understand their properties.”

2. chemistry

A salt or ester of oxalic acid, especially one used as a pesticide or herbicide.

“The farmer applied oxalato to the weeds to kill them.”

3. noun

In biochemistry, the end product of the catabolic breakdown of asparagine.

“The researcher studied the oxalato production in the cellular process.”