pentaerythritol

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English

Etymology

From penta- +‎ erythritol.

Noun

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pentaerythritol (countable and uncountable, plural pentaerythritols)

  1. (organic chemistry) The polyhydric alcohol 2,2-bis(hydroxymethyl)1,3-propanediol C(CH2OH)4

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