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safrole

noun saf·role \ˈsaf-ˌrōl\

Medical Definition of SAFROLE

:  a poisonous oily cyclic carcinogenic ether C10H10O2 that is the principal component of sassafras oil and occurs also in other essential oils (as camphor oil) and that is used chiefly in perfumery

Variants of SAFROLE

saf·role also saf·rol \-ˌrōl, -ˌrl\

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