butyric

[ byoo-tir-ik ]

/ byuˈtɪr ɪk /

pertaining to or derived from butyric acid.

Origin of butyric

1820–30; < Latin būtȳr(um) butter + -ic

bu·tyr·i·cal·ly, adverb

The butyric acid bacteria are anaerobic, and thus can grow in butter and cheese away from the air.

Outlines of dairy bacteriology |H. L. Russell
This lactic ferment, these butyric vibrios, whence do they come?

Louis Pasteur |Ren Vallery-Radot
Pineapple is ethyl butyrate—but the acid part of it (butyric acid) is what gives Limburger cheese its aroma.

Creative Chemistry |Edwin E. Slosson
Pine-apple Oil is a solution of one part of butyric ether, in eight or ten parts of alcohol.

The Art of Perfumery |G. W. Septimus Piesse

To the study of the life-history of the butyric and acetic organisms we owe the terms “anarobic” and “arobic.”

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 |Various