Linalool Definition

lĭ-nălō-ôl, -ōl, -ŏl
noun
A terpene alcohol, C10H17OH, in several essential oils, used in perfumery.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Linalool

Noun

Singular:
linalool
Plural:
linalools

Origin of Linalool

  • Spanish lináloe aloe (from Late Latin lignum aloēs wood of the aloe) (Latin lignum wood ligni–) (Latin aloēs) (genitive of aloē aloe aloe) –ol

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Linalool Sentence Examples

  • The constituents of the oil include geraniol, linalool, benzyl alcohol, phenylethyl alcohol and methyl salicylate (Kariyone 1971 ).

  • As an illustration of the extent to which this part of the industry suffers from the climate, it may be stated that oil from lavender plants grown in England never produces more than 7 to 10% linalool acetate, which gives the characteristic scent to lavender oil, whilst oil from lavender grown in the south of France frequently yields as much as 35% of the ester.

  • The proof that this is due mainly to climatic influences is furnished by the fact that Mitcham lavender transplanted to France produces an oil which year by year approximates more closely in respect of its contents of linalool acetate to the product of the French plant.

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Words Starting With

LLILIN

Words Ending With

LOLOOL

Unscrambles

linalool

Words Starting With L and Ending With L

Starts With L & Ends With LStarts With LI & Ends With LStarts With L & Ends With OL

Word Length

8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With L8 Letter Words Ending With L