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Webster 1913 Edition

oenanthol

oe-nan′thol

,

Noun.

[

oenanthy

lic + L.

ole

um oil.]

(Chem.)

An oily substance (

C6H15.CHO

) obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also

oenanthaldehyde

.