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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Resembling or suggesting mothballs, especially their distinctive odour..
A skinny blotter paper suffused with the rosy chemical geraniol and layered with a second blotter dipped in mothbally indole yields lily of the valley, which otherwise would require bales of tender white buds for just a few grams of essential oil.
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Mothbally means Resembling or suggesting mothballs, especially their distinctive odour..
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A skinny blotter paper suffused with the rosy chemical geraniol and layered with a second blotter dipped in mothbally indole yields lily of the valley, which otherwise would require bales of tender white buds for just a few grams of essential oil.
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