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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A white, waxy phenolic antioxidant, C11H16O2, used to preserve fats and oils, especially in foods.

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  • initialism organic chemistry butylated hydroxyanisole

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[b(utylated) h(ydroxy)a(nisole).]

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