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

  • noun The univalent organic group C6H5CH2−, derived from toluene.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An organic radical (C6H5CH2) which does not exist in the free state, but in combination forms a considerable number of compounds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry, especially in combination The univalent radical C6H5-CH2- related to toluene and benzoic acid

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the univalent radical derived from toluene

Etymologies

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From benz- + -yl

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