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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hydroxyl \Hy*drox"yl\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.)
A compound radical, or unsaturated group {HO}, consisting of
one atom of hydrogen and one of oxygen. It is a
characteristic part of the hydrates, the alcohols, the oxygen
acids, etc
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
hydroxyl
n : the monovalent group -OH in such compounds as bases and some
acids and alcohols [syn: {hydroxyl group}, {hydroxyl
radical}]
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