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butylparaben

butylparaben noun: a paraben, the butyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, used as an antifungal preservative in cosmetics.

Noun

butylparaben (uncountable)

  1. A paraben, the butyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, used as an antifungal preservative in cosmetics.

Origin of butylparaben

From butyl + paraben.

Questions about butylparaben

What does butylparaben mean?
Butylparaben means a paraben, the butyl ester of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, used as an antifungal preservative in cosmetics.
What part of speech is butylparaben?
Butylparaben is a noun.

Words near butylparaben in the dictionary

  1. butylmagnesiums
  2. butylmethoxydibenzoylmethane
  3. butylmorpholine
  4. butylmorpholines
  5. butylone
  6. butylparaben
  7. butylperoxide
  8. butylperoxides
  9. butylperoxyl
  10. butylperoxyls
  11. butylphenol

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