Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An oily liquid aldehyde, C10H16O, having a strong lemon odor, that is the minor constituent of naturally derived citral, used in perfumes and flavorings.

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  • noun organic chemistry citral

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[ner(ol) + –al.]

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  • Warning for Tourist travelling in india? can u pl tell me a place where i can train for football in mumbai? wat will be the taxi fare from borivali to neral and also mumbai central to neral, which is better? which is nearest & affordabel picnic spot to mumbai. .besides, ,matheran, ,alibaug ....? which BEST buses would take me to phoenix mills (mall) from Sion or Dadar? en Español

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  • But Soci é t é G é neral strategist Dylan Grice thinks that will change.

    Overheard: Japan Rising 2010

  • About three miles below Cincinnati I received instructions to halt, and next day I was ordered by Major-G.neral H.G. Wright to take my troops back to Louisville, and there assume command of the Pea Ridge Brigade, composed of the Second and Fifteenth Missouri, Thirty-sixth and Forty-fourth Illinois infantry, and of such other regiments as might be sent me in advance of the arrival of G.neral Buell's army.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • The Sixth Corps was commanded by Major-G.neral Horatio G. Wright; its three divisions by Brigadier -

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • The most significant aspect of the Atlanta School project may be the trust it is building for new music in ge neral.

    New Music With a Tonal Twist 2010

  • We offered it to them through our G.neral Service Administration, G. S.A, like we normally do with excess materials.

    CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2008 2008

  • Published in China Review International in 2005, Sivin's essay focused on Needham's Science and Civilisation Volume 7, Part 2, "The Social Background, G.neral Conclusions and Reflections," edited by K.G. Robinson (Cambridge University Press, 2004), and used the occasion to give a poignant and nuanced overview of Needham's work as a whole.

    Why Didn't Science Rise in China? Goodman, Alan L. 2008

  • Weaselly but Democratic The New H.mpshire G.neral Court, which two years ago passed a law establishing same-sex civil unions, is considering legislation to rename these unions and call them "marriage," reports Foster's Daily Democrat of Dover, N.H. Commentary's J.G. Thayer takes exception.

    As American as Apple Pie 2008

  • I don't know what your previous guests mentioned about that, but obviously, President Asif Ali Zardari mentioned that he would send G.neral Pasha, D.G. ISI, to India, to assist in the investigation, but then, within 24 hours was told "no" by the army.

    CNN Transcript Dec 7, 2008 2008

  • I'm also pleased to announce that I will recommend to the president that he -- that he nominate G.neral James E. Cartwright, currently the commander of strategic command, as the next vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, succeeding Admiral E.mund G. G.ambastiani Jr., who has announced his intention to retire.

    CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2007 2007

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