Phytol

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The diterpenoid alcohol (2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol, derived from chlorophyll. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From phyto- + -ol.

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