(pathology) An injury caused by contact with the toxic bristles of a caterpillar

Of, pertaining to, or derived from plants of the genus Eruca.

(organic chemistry) A salt or ester of erucic acid

plural of erucate

(organic chemistry) A long chain unsaturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₇CH=CH(CH₂)₁₁COOH, found in rapeseed and mustard seed oils; the cis- isomer is erucic acid, the trans- isomer is brassidic acid