[mass noun](Chemistry)a colourless or pale yellow liquid compound present in oil of cloves and other essential oils and used in perfumery (化)丁(子)香酚
Alternative name: 4-allyl-2-methoxyphenol; chem. formula: C10H12O2 又名:4-丙烯基-2-甲氧酚;化学分子式:C10H12O2
语源
late 19th cent.: from eugenia (genus name of the tree from which oil of cloves is obtained, named in honour of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736) + -ol