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Alcohol vs Monolignol - What's the difference?

alcohol | monolignol |

As nouns the difference between alcohol and monolignol

is that alcohol is while monolignol is (organic chemistry) any of a class of phenolic alcohols, found in plants, that take part in the biosynthesis of lignans and lignin.

alcohol

Noun

  • (organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
  • (uncountable) An intoxicating beverage made by the fermentation of sugar or sugar-containing material.
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  • (obsolete) Any very fine powder.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * -holic * -holism * -ol * alcohol abuse * alcoholic * alcoholism * low-alcohol * non-alcoholic * nonalcoholic

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    monolignol

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia monolignol) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of phenolic alcohols, found in plants, that take part in the biosynthesis of lignans and lignin