Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In organic chemistry, the term applied to the univalent radical C18H29, derived from sycoceryl alcohol or related compounds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig.
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- noun chemistry A
radical , of thearomatic series , regarded as an essential ingredient of certaincompounds found in thewaxy resin of anAustralian species offig .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek a fig + wax + -yl.
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