volemitol

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A seven-carbon sugar alcohol, widely distributed in plants, red algae, fungi, mosses, and lichens.

Word forms

volemitol

Etymology

From Lactarius volemus (the mushroom from which it was first isolated) + -ol.

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