thymol

See also: Thymol

English

Etymology

thyme +‎ -ol

Noun

thymol (countable and uncountable, plural thymols)

1. (chemistry) a monoterpene phenol, C₁₀H₁₃OH, found in the oil extracted from thyme; used as in perfume, as an antiseptic and fungicide, and in embalming

Translations

a monoterpene phenol

• Finnish: tymoli
• French: thymol (fr) m
• German: Thymol n
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• Polish: tymol m
• Spanish: timol m

See also

• carvacrol