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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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Picamar
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 ..."