QUERCITOL


Meaning of QUERCITOL in English

/kwerr"si tawl', -tol'/ , n. Chem.

a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 12 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine. Also called acorn sugar .

[ 1880-85; QUERCET(IN) + -OL 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .