Furfural Definition

fûrfə-răl, -fyə-
noun
A colorless, sweet-smelling, oily liquid, C4H3OCHO, produced from corncobs, oat hulls, and other cereal wastes, used as a solvent and to make dyes, lacquers, synthetic resins, etc.
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) A heterocyclic aldehyde derivative of furan; it is obtained commercially from bran, and has several industrial uses.

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Singular:
furfural
Plural:
furfurals

Origin of Furfural

  • From Latin furfur (“bran”) + English -al.

    From Wiktionary

  • furfur –al

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

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