Definitions for eugenols

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eugenols eu·ge·nol

Spelling: [yoo-juh-nawl, -nohl]

IPA: /ˈyu dʒəˌnɔl, -ˌnoʊl/

Eugenols is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 233 anagrams from letters in eugenols (eeglnosu).

Definitions for eugenols

noun

1. a colorless, oily, spicy, aromatic, very slightly water-soluble liquid, C 10 H 12 O 2 , extracted from certain essential oils, as oil of cloves: used chiefly in perfumery and in dentistry as an antiseptic.

Origin of eugenols

1885-90; New Latin Eugen(ia) name of genus of trees (after Prince Eugène of Savoy; see -ia) + -ol²

Examples for eugenols

In Germany commercial vanilla is now largely prepared from eugenol, a constituent of oil of cloves.

While within certain limits the value of this oil is determined by its eugenol content, oils containing more than 93 per cent.

Oeillet is a combination possessed of a sweet carnation-like odour and having as a basis, eugenol or isoeugenol.

The principal constituent of the oil is eugenol, together with caryophyllene and acet-eugenol.

eugenol, or eugenic acid, C10H12O2, is the chief constituent.

Chavibetol, an isomer of eugenol, occurs in the ethereal oil obtained from Piper betle.