Definitions for orcinol

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orcinol or·ci·nol

Spelling: [awr-suh-nawl, -nol]

IPA: /ˈɔr səˌnɔl, -ˌnɒl/

Orcinol is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in orcinol (cilnoor).

Definitions for orcinol

noun

1. a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 7 H 8 O 2 , sweet but unpleasant in taste, that reddens on exposure to air: obtained from many lichens or produced synthetically and used chiefly as a reagent for certain carbohydrates.

Origin of orcinol

1875-80; New Latin orcin(a) (Italian orcello orchil, by alteration) + -ol²