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quercitol
[ kwur-si-tawl, -tol ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of quercitol1
First recorded in 1880–85; quercet(in) + -ol 1
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