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carvacrol definition

car·va·crol (kär′və krôl′, -krōl′)

noun

a thick, oily substance, (CH)CHCH (CH)(OH), extracted from various essential oils and used as a fungicide, disinfectant, etc.

Etymology: < Fr carvi, caraway (< MFr < ML: see caraway) + L acer, sharp (see acrid) + -ol

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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