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safrol

safrol is the alternative form of safrole.

Meaning of safrole

Noun

safrole (countable and uncountable, plural safroles)

  1. A colourless to yellow liquid, a component of sassafras oil and brown camphor oil, with pesticidal properties.
    Synonyms:
    shikimol

Forms of safrol

pluralsafrols

Words formed from safrol

Questions about safrol

What is safrol the alternative form of?
Safrol is the alternative form of safrole.

Words near safrol in the dictionary

  1. safrazine
  2. SAfrE
  3. safrene
  4. Safrit
  5. Safrits
  6. safrol
  7. safrole
  8. safroles
  9. safrols
  10. safron
  11. safronal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: safrol (page history and authors); safrole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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