Etymology

vaccenyl

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Today it means: The univalent radical, octadec-11-enyl, found in compounds related to vaccenic acid. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē) ← English vaccenic
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  1. Englishvaccenic
  2. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  3. English todayvaccenyl

From vaccenic + -yl.

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