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pinitol

[ pahy-ni-tawl, -tol, pin-i- ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 1 4 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pinitol1

Obsolete pinite pinitol (< French; pine 1, -ite 1 ) + -ol 1

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