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isoeugenol

isoeugenol noun: a phenylpropanoid that occurs in the essential oils of plants such as ylang ylang (Cananga odorata), can be synthesized from eugenol, and has been used in the manufacture of vanillin.

Noun

isoeugenol (uncountable)

  1. A phenylpropanoid that occurs in the essential oils of plants such as ylang ylang (Cananga odorata), can be synthesized from eugenol, and has been used in the manufacture of vanillin.

Origin of isoeugenol

From iso- + eugenol.

Questions about isoeugenol

What does isoeugenol mean?
Isoeugenol means a phenylpropanoid that occurs in the essential oils of plants such as ylang ylang (Cananga odorata), can be synthesized from eugenol, and has been used in the manufacture of vanillin.
What part of speech is isoeugenol?
Isoeugenol is a noun.

Words near isoeugenol in the dictionary

  1. isoetaleans
  2. isoetarine
  3. isoetharine
  4. isoetid
  5. isoetids
  6. isoeugenol
  7. isoeugenyl
  8. isoexcitation
  9. isofagomine
  10. isofemale
  11. isofemales

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