Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless, crystalline compound, C6H4(OCH3)2, prepared by heating barium veratrate. It melts at 15° C. and boils at 205–206° C. Also called
pyrocatechol dimethyl ether or 1,2-dimeth-oxybenzene.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the decomposition of veratric acid, and constituting the dimethyl ether of pyrocatechin.
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- noun organic chemistry A
liquid hydrocarbon obtained by thedecomposition of veratric acid, and constituting thedimethyl ether ofpyrocatechin .
Etymologies
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veratric + -ol
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Opinions vary from 10mg per day of trans-veratrol to as much as 300mg a day being described as 'safe' with no obvious side effects.
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