nonylphenol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of closely related organic compounds, a subset of the alkylphenols, that are precursors to commercially important detergents.

Word forms

nonylphenol nonylphenols

Etymology

From nonyl + phenol.

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