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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent [syn: furfural, furfuraldehyde]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin furfur bran + International Scientific Vocabulary ³-al Date: 1879 a liquid aldehyde C₅H₄O₂ of penetrating odor that is usually made from plant materials and used especially in making furan or phenolic resins and as a solvent

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Furfurol Fur"fu*rol, n. [L. furfur bran + oleum oil.] (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, C4H3O.CHO, of a pleasant odor, obtained by the distillation of bran, sugar, etc., and regarded as an aldehyde derivative of furfuran; -- called also furfural.