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cardol

cardol noun: an oily yellow phenolic compound C₂₁H₃₀O₃ extracted from the shell of the cashew nut and one of the primary components of CNSL.

Noun

cardol

  1. An oily yellow phenolic compound C₂₁H₃₀O₃ extracted from the shell of the cashew nut and one of the primary components of CNSL.
    • The caustic oil of Anacardium is composed of approximately 82% anacardic acid, 13.8% cardol, 2.6% 2-methyl cardol, and 1.6% cardanol (Tyman 1976)2013, George E. Burrows, Ronald J. Tyrl, Toxic Plants of North America, page 37
    • This technical oil is dark colored; even after distillation it darkens again, supposedly due to its cardol content.2013, Hans Dressler, Resorcinol: Its Uses and Derivatives, page 410

Origin of cardol

From Anacardium (“generic name of the cashew”) + Latin oleum (“oil”).

Questions about cardol

What does cardol mean?
Cardol means an oily yellow phenolic compound C₂₁H₃₀O₃ extracted from the shell of the cashew nut and one of the primary components of CNSL.
What part of speech is cardol?
Cardol is a noun.

Words near cardol in the dictionary

  1. cardmakers
  2. cardmaking
  3. cardmember
  4. cardmembers
  5. cardo
  6. cardol
  7. cardon
  8. Cardonald
  9. cardoncillo
  10. cardoncillos
  11. Cardone

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