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borneol

(bôr′nē ôl′, -ōl′)

noun

a white, crystalline terpene alcohol, CHOH, resembling camphor, obtained from the trunk of a Southeast Asian tree: used in perfumery, as an antiseptic, etc.

Origin: after Borneo + -ol

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