PYROLIGNEOUS ACID


Meaning of PYROLIGNEOUS ACID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpī-rō-ˈlig-nē-əs- ]

noun

Etymology: French pyroligneux, from pyr- + ligneux woody, from Latin lignosus, from lignum wood — more at ligneous

Date: 1788

: an acid reddish-brown aqueous liquid containing chiefly acetic acid, methanol, wood oils, and tars that is obtained by destructive distillation of wood

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