tertiary butylhydroquinone

noun

Etymology

From tertiary butyl + hydroquinone.

Definitions

  1. An aromatic organic compound that is a type of phenol. It is a derivative of…

    An aromatic organic compound that is a type of phenol. It is a derivative of hydroquinone, substituted with a tert-butyl group.

    • With the fries and McNuggets, we enter the polysyllabic realm of ingredients I don’t keep in my kitchen: mono- and diglycerides, tertiary butylhydroquinone, a number of phosphates, dimethylpolysiloxane.

The neighborhood

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