Eugenol Definition

yo͝ojə-nôl, -nōl, -nŏl
noun
A colorless, aromatic liquid phenol, C10H12O2, found in oil of cloves and used in perfumes, as an antiseptic in dentistry, etc.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Eugenol

Noun

Singular:
eugenol
Plural:
eugenols

Origin of Eugenol

  • New Latin Eugenia genus of the clove plant (after Eugene , Prince of Savoy (1663–1736), Austrian general) –ol(e)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Eugenia, the clove genus, and -ol.

    From Wiktionary

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