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Webster 1913 Edition

(kär′vȧ-krōl)

Noun.

(Chem.)

A thick oily liquid,

C10H13.OH

, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (

Carum carui

carvacrol ‎(plural carvacrols)

(organic chemistry) A monoterpenoid phenol with a characteristic pungent, warm odour of oregano and a pizzalike taste.