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picamar

picamar noun: an oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar, and consisting essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.

Noun

picamar (uncountable)

  1. An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar, and consisting essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.

Origin of picamar

From Latin pix, picis (“pitch”) + amarus (“bitter”).

Questions about picamar

What does picamar mean?
Picamar means an oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar, and consisting essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.
What part of speech is picamar?
Picamar is a noun.

Words near picamar in the dictionary

  1. picaillons
  2. pical
  3. picalilli
  4. picalillis
  5. picals
  6. picamar
  7. picanha
  8. picanhas
  9. picaninnies
  10. picaninny
  11. picar

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