strongly acid

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When a fly is captured, the viscid excretion becomes strongly acid and the naturally incurved margins of the leaf curve still further inwards, rendering contact between the insect and the leaf-surface more complete.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

Its normal reaction is neutral or slightly acid; it should never be strongly acid.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm

Samples of this crude, strongly acid material were partly neutralised, and the following figures obtained on analysis:— Acidity.

From Synthetic Tannins by Grasser, Georg

The greatest quantity of peroxide is obtained on employing a concentrated, strongly acid solution of the nitrate, and a strong current.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 441, June 14, 1884. by Various

Even on the eleventh day some secretion left on the disc of a fully re-expanded leaf was strongly acid.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles