(Chem.), a white, crystalline substance, CH3.(CH2)10.COOH, resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree, and various other vegetable sources. The sodium salt (sodium lauryl sulfate) is used as a detergent. Syn. -- dodecanoic acid, laurostearic acid, dodecoic acid. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]
n. [ Cf. F. laurine. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Laurin + -ol. ] (Chem.) Ordinary camphor; -- so called in allusion to the family name (Lauraceæ) of the camphor trees. See Camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]
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