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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

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Borneo

-ol

(Chem.)

A rare variety of camphor,

C10H17.OH

, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (

Dryobalanops camphora

), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also

Borneo camphor

Malay camphor

, and

camphol

See also: bornéol

borneol ‎(plural borneols)