quercitol

[ kwur-si-tawl, -tol ]

noun

, Chemistry.

1. a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , obtained from acorns or oak bark: used chiefly in medicine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quercitol¹

First recorded in 1880–85; quercet(in) + -ol ¹