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From species name crinita, a similar oxocrinol was named at the same time in 1976.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
crinitol
Today it means: A linear diterpenoid derived from the seaweed Cystoseira crinita, (2E,6E,9R,10E)-3,7,11,15-tetramethylhexadeca-2,6,10,14-tetraene-1,9-diol Full definition →