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octacosanol

octacosanol noun: any aliphatic alcohol derived from octacosane, but especially 1-octacosanol that is found in plant waxes.

Noun

octacosanol (plural octacosanols)

  1. Any aliphatic alcohol derived from octacosane, but especially 1-octacosanol that is found in plant waxes

Forms of octacosanol

pluraloctacosanols

Questions about octacosanol

What does octacosanol mean?
Octacosanol means any aliphatic alcohol derived from octacosane, but especially 1-octacosanol that is found in plant waxes.
What part of speech is octacosanol?
Octacosanol is a noun.
What is the plural of octacosanol?
The plural of octacosanol is octacosanols.

Words near octacosanol in the dictionary

  1. octacosanes
  2. octacosanoate
  3. octacosanoates
  4. octacosanoic
  5. octacosanoic acid
  6. octacosanol
  7. octacosanols
  8. octacosenoate
  9. octacosenoates
  10. octacosenoic acid
  11. octacosenoic acids

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