Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fragrant colorless liquid alcohol, C10H18O, derived chiefly from orange blossoms and used in perfumery and flavorings.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless liquid terpene alcohol, C10H18O, contained in French oil of orange-flowers and in other essential oils. It boils at 225–227° C.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
monoterpene alcohol (Z)-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol found in manyessential oils
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[ner(oli oil) + –ol.]
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Examples
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Lemon verbena has a lemony characteristics (citral makes about 30-35% of the composition of its essential oil) but also floral and rosy due to the presence of nerol (neroli-like) and geraniol (rosy).
Herbal Tea Notes Ayala Sender 2009
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Lemon verbena has a lemony characteristics (citral makes about 30-35% of the composition of its essential oil) but also floral and rosy due to the presence of nerol (neroli-like) and geraniol (rosy).
Archive 2009-06-01 Ayala Sender 2009
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Description: nerolism ~ FLAC curses from the pond nerol drehpehs
Fulldls.com 2008
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