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  • adjective organic chemistry Having three hydroxy groups

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Examples

  • Since glycerol is a trihydric alcohol, _i. e._, contains three hydroxyl

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • This paper is the most complete investigation yet published of the now well-known method of precipitating and estimating furfural in acid solution by means of the trihydric phenol.

    Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross

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