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pinitol

American

[pahy-ni-tawl, -tol, pin-i-] / ˈpaɪ nɪˌtɔl, -ˌtɒl, ˈpɪn ɪ- /

noun

Chemistry.

a white, crystalline, inositol derivative, C 7 H 1 4 O 6 , obtained from the resin of the sugar pine.

Obsolete pinite pinitol (< French; see pine ¹, -ite ¹) + -ol ¹

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