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phenoxyalkanoic

phenoxyalkanoic adjective: describing any phenoxy derivative of an alkanoic acid.

Adjective

phenoxyalkanoic (not comparable)

  1. Describing any phenoxy derivative of an alkanoic acid

Questions about phenoxyalkanoic

What does phenoxyalkanoic mean?
Phenoxyalkanoic means describing any phenoxy derivative of an alkanoic acid.
What part of speech is phenoxyalkanoic?
Phenoxyalkanoic is an adjective.

Words near phenoxyalkanoic in the dictionary

  1. phenoxonium
  2. phenoxy
  3. phenoxyacetone
  4. phenoxyacid
  5. phenoxyacids
  6. phenoxyalkanoic
  7. phenoxybenzamine
  8. phenoxybenzyl
  9. phenoxybenzyls
  10. phenoxyethanol
  11. phenoxyethanols

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