pentahydric

[ pen-tuh-hahy-drik ]

adjectiveChemistry.
  1. (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.

Origin of pentahydric

1
First recorded in 1890–95; penta- + -hydric

Words Nearby pentahydric

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