terpineol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several isomeric monoterpenoid alcohols found in the essential oil of pine and other trees

Word forms

terpineol terpineols

Etymology

From terpentin or terpin + -ol, reduction from terebinth, ultimately from Ancient Greek τερέβινθος (terébinthos), from Pre-Greek.

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