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nonyl alcohol

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nonyl alcohol

[non-il, -eel, noh-nil, -neel]
–noun Chemistry.
any of several colorless or light-yellow, liquid, water-soluble isomers of the formula C9H2 0O, esp. having a roselike odor: used chiefly in perfumery and flavoring.

Origin:
1865–70; non(ane) (see nonanoic) + -yl
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