ethoxyquin

E1T1H4O1X8Y4Q10U1I1N1

noun

A quinoline-based antioxidant used as a food preservative and a pesticide.

Scrabble 32
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounethoxyquin (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA quinoline-based antioxidant used as a food preservative and a pesticide.

    Ethoxyquin, a synthetic antioxidant, is not generally allowed for human consumption in foods, but it is being added to animal feed and to fruits as an antiscald agent […]

    2000, Leo M. L. Nollet, Food Analysis by HPLC, Second Edition, page 610

Translations

Swedish etoxikin
  • etoxikinTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

ethoxyquin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethoxyquin

MLA

“ethoxyquin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethoxyquin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethoxyquin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethoxyquin.

Source: ethoxyquin on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.