Carbolineum

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Car·​bo·​lin·​e·​um

ˌkärbəˈlinēəm

—used for a heavy oily substance distilled from an anthracene-oil or creosote-oil fraction of coal tar and used as a wood preservative, disinfectant, or insecticide

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