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phytol

[ fahy-tawl, -tol ]

noun

, Biochemistry.
  1. a hydrophobic alcohol, C 2 0 H 4 0 O, that occurs esterified as a side chain in the chlorophyll molecule.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of phytol1

< German (1907); phyto-, -ol 1

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