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Webster 1913 Edition

Eugenol

Eu′ge-nol

,

Noun.

[

Eugenia

+

-ol

.]

(Chem.)

A colorless, aromatic, liquid hydrocarbon,

C10H12O2

resembling the phenols, and hence also called

eugenic acid

. It is found in the oils of pimento and cloves.