Meanings
nounhexylresorcinol (countable and uncountable, plural hexylresorcinols)
plural hexylresorcinols
- countableuncountablechemistryA hexyl derivative of resorcinol that has anaesthetic, antiseptic and antihelmintic properties.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swéḱs
- Proto-Hellenic*hwéks
- Ancient Greekἕξ (héx)
- Ancient Greekἑξα- (hexa-)
- Latinhexa-
- Englishhexa-
- Englishhex-
- Englishhexane
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishhexyl
- Ancient Greekῥητῑ́νη (rhētī́nē)
- Latinrēsīna
- Old Frenchrésine
- Middle Englishresyn
- Englishresin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
- Proto-Italic*ausis
- Latinauris
- Latinauricula
- Latinōricula
- Italianoricello
- Arabic[script needed] ('urjālla)influ.
- Old Catalanorxella
- Old Frenchorchel
- Frenchorseille
- Dutchorseille
- New Latinorcina
- Frenchorcine
- Englishorcin
- Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
- Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
- Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
- Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
- Medieval Latinalcoho
- Middle Englishalcofol
- Englishalcohol
- Englishorcinol
- Englishresorcinol
- Englishhexylresorcinol
From hexyl + resorcinol.
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hexylresorcinol. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexylresorcinol
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“hexylresorcinol.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hexylresorcinol. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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