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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A reddish-brown wood distillate containing acetic acid, methyl alcohol, acetone, and a tarry residue.
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- noun chemistry A dark liquid, produced by the
destructive distillation ofwood , containingacetic acid ,methanol ,oils andtars ; once used as a commercial source of acetic acid.
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- noun a red-brown liquid formed in distillation of wood which contains acetic acid, methanol, acetone, wood oils, and tars
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