nerol

[neer-awl, -ol, ner-]

noun

Chemistry.

1. a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 1 0 H 1 8 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nerol¹

First recorded in 1900–05; ner(oli oil) + -ol ¹

Example Sentences

The most important are geraniol, citronellol, phenyl ethyl alcohol, together with nerol, linalol, citral, nonylic aldehyde, eugenol, a sesquiterpene alcohol, and the paraffin stearopten.

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He analyzes, for instance, the otto or oil of roses which cost during the war $400 a pound—if you could get it at any price—and he finds that the chief ingredient is geraniol, costing only $5, and next is citronelol, costing $20; then comes nerol and others.

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