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Webster 1913 Edition

(krē′ō̍-sōl)

Noun.

[

Creos

ote + phen

(Chem.)

A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum.

[Written also

creasol

creosol ‎(countable and uncountable, plural creosols)

(organic chemistry) The methoxy phenol 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol that is a constituent of creosote

2-methoxy-4-methylphenol