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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless, volatile, oily compound, C20H26O, prepared by the action of dilute acids on ericolin. It turns brown in the air.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A colourless oil (quickly becoming brown) with a pleasant odour, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin.

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