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borneol

borneol noun: a bicyclic organic compound and a terpene, easily oxidized to the ketone yielding camphor.

Noun

borneol (countable and uncountable, plural borneols)

  1. A bicyclic organic compound and a terpene, easily oxidized to the ketone yielding camphor.

borneol meaning in Tamil

borneol in Tamil

பச்சைக் கற்பூரம்

Forms of borneol

pluralborneols

Origin of borneol

From Borneo + -ol.

Words formed from borneol

Questions about borneol

What does borneol mean?
Borneol means a bicyclic organic compound and a terpene, easily oxidized to the ketone yielding camphor.
What is borneol in Tamil?
Borneol in Tamil is பச்சைக் கற்பூரம். See Borneol meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is borneol?
Borneol is a noun.
What is the plural of borneol?
The plural of borneol is borneols.

Words near borneol in the dictionary

  1. Borneo camphor
  2. Borneo catshark
  3. Borneo catsharks
  4. Borneo tallow
  5. Borneo Time
  6. borneol
  7. borneols
  8. Borneon
  9. Borneons
  10. Borner
  11. Borners

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Adapted from Wiktionary: borneol (page history and authors); borneol (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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