phytol

English

Structure diagram of phytol

Etymology

From phyto- +‎ -ol.

Noun

phytol (countable and uncountable, plural phytols)

1. (organic chemistry) The diterpenoid alcohol (2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol, derived from chlorophyll.