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Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

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

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