amyl salicylate

noun

: the salicylic ester C₆H₄(OH)COOC₅H₁₁ of commercial amyl alcohol that is a liquid of lasting pleasant odor used chiefly as an ingredient of perfumes and soaps

called also isoamyl salicylate

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above

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