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| es·ter [ éstər ] (plural es·ters) |
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organic compound: an organic, often fragrant compound formed in a reaction between an acid and an alcohol with the elimination of water
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| [Mid-19th century. < German, contraction of Essigäther "acetic ether"] |
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