ascaridole

[uh-skar-i-dohl]

noun Chemistry.

a liquid, C10H16O2, constituting the active principle of chenopodium oil, used chiefly as a catalyst in polymerization reactions.

Origin of ascaridole

First recorded in 1905–10; ascarid + -ole²

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