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Webster 1913 Edition


Picamar

Pic′a-marˊ

,
Noun.
[L.
pix
,
picis
, pitch +
amarus
bitter.]
(Chem.)
An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.

Definition 2024


picamar

picamar

English

Noun

picamar (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar, and consisting essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.