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Definition of "amyl alcohol" []

  • Any of eight isomers of the alcohol composition C5H11OH, one of which is the principal constituent of fusel oil. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Words like "amyl alcohol"
1-pentanol
2-pentanol
alcohol
amylic alcohol
fusel oil
isoamyl alcohol
n-amyl alcohol
pentanol
sec-amyl alcohol