Definition of Picamar

1. n. An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol.

Definition of Picamar

1. Noun. (organic compound) An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar, and consisting essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol. ¹

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Definition of Picamar

1. a liquid obtained from tar [n -S]

Medical Definition of Picamar

1. An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol. Origin: L. Pix, picis, pitch + amarus bitter. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Picamar

pibrochs
pic
pica
pica-pica
pica em
picacho
picachos
picadillo
picadillos
picador
picadores
picadors
pical
picalilli
picalillis
picamar (current term)
picamars
picaninnies
picaninny
picante
picapare
picara
picaras
picardy third
picaresque
picaresquely
picaresqueness
picaresques
picariae
picarian

Literary usage of Picamar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"picamar.—This substance is the bitter principle of tar, whence it delires its name (in pice amarum). It is present in the heaviest portions of the rectified ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"picamar.—This substance is the bitter principle of tar, whence it delires its name (in pice amarum). It is present in the heaviest portions of the rectified ..."

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