Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

geraniol

geraniol , noun

[See Geranium.]

(Chemistry) A terpene alcohol (C10H18O) which constitutes the principal part of the oil of palmarosa and the oil of rose. Chemically it is 3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-ol. It has a sweet rose odor. — MI11