indole

noun
/ˈɪndəʊl/UK/ˈɪndoʊl/US

Etymology

From indigo + Latin oleum (“oil”); see -ole.

  1. derived from ἔλαιον
  2. derived from oleum
  3. borrowed from Oleum
  4. formed as indole — “indigo + oleum

Definitions

  1. An organic compound, C₈H₇N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial…

    An organic compound, C₈H₇N, found in coal tar, and produced in the gut by the bacterial decomposition of tryptophan; it is an aromatic bicyclic heterocycle having a benzene ring fused with a pyrrole ring; indole and its derivatives occur widely in nature and have many industrial applications.

    • The Aspidosperma alkaloids are the largest group of indole alkaloids.
    • Intakes of indoles or their parental glucosinolates, may have beneficial health effects as well as toxicological effects.
  2. Any of the derivatives of indole.

  3. guileless

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for indole. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA