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benzoins

benzoins is the plural of benzoin.

Meaning of benzoin

Noun

benzoin (countable and uncountable, plural benzoins)

  1. A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.
    • These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone; smyris, ivory, bones, ebontree, cedar, cypress, pitch, softer rosin, camphire, galbanum, ammoniac, storax, benzoin, loadstone...1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
  2. An aromatic hydroxy ketone, 2-hydroxy-1,2-di(phenyl)ethanone, synthesized from benzaldehyde; any derivative of this compound.
  3. The spicebush, Lindera benzoin.

Questions about benzoins

What is benzoins the plural of?
Benzoins is the plural of benzoin.

Words near benzoins in the dictionary

  1. benzoid
  2. benzoil
  3. benzoils
  4. benzoin
  5. benzoinated
  6. benzoins
  7. benzoisochromanequinone
  8. benzoisochromanequinones
  9. benzoisoquinoline
  10. benzoisoquinolines
  11. benzoisothiazole

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