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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A colorless to yellow aromatic liquid, C8H10O2, that is a constituent of creosote.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless oily liquid (C8H10O2) of an agreeable odor and a burning taste.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry The methoxy phenol 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol that is a constituent of creosote

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a colorless to yellow aromatic liquid that is a constituent of creosote

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[creos(ote) + –ol.]

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