Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An aromatic white crystalline acid, C7H6O2, used as a food preservative and in dentifrices, germicides, and the manufacturing and processing of dyes.
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- noun organic chemistry A
white crystalline organic acid, C6H5COOH; thesimplest aromatic carboxylic acid ; used as afood preservative and in many otherindustrial applications .
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- noun a white crystalline solid occurring in many resins
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From benzoin.]
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