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octylglucoside

octylglucoside noun: a glycoside of glucose and octanol, used as a specialist surfactant.

Noun

octylglucoside (plural octylglucosides)

  1. A glycoside of glucose and octanol, used as a specialist surfactant

Forms of octylglucoside

pluraloctylglucosides
alternative formoctyl glucoside

Origin of octylglucoside

From octyl + glucoside.

Questions about octylglucoside

What does octylglucoside mean?
Octylglucoside means a glycoside of glucose and octanol, used as a specialist surfactant.
What part of speech is octylglucoside?
Octylglucoside is a noun.
What is the plural of octylglucoside?
The plural of octylglucoside is octylglucosides.

Words near octylglucoside in the dictionary

  1. octylated
  2. octylation
  3. octylations
  4. octylene
  5. octylenes
  6. octylglucoside
  7. octylglucosides
  8. octylic
  9. octylisothiazolinone
  10. octyloxy
  11. octyloxys

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