Amyl Definition

ăməl
adjective
Pentyl.
American Heritage

Of or pertaining to starch.

Wiktionary
noun
Any of various isomeric forms of the radical C5H11
Webster's New World

(dated, organic chemistry) Pentyl.

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Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Amyl

Noun

Singular:
amyl
Plural:
amyls

Origin of Amyl

  • From Latin amylum (“starch”) + -yl. Compare with amidin.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin am(ylum) starch –yl

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

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