picamar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar, and consisting essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.

Word forms

picamar

Etymology

From Latin pix, picis (“pitch”) + amarus (“bitter”).

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