A fragrant liquid present in some floral oils and used in perfumery.
A terpenoid alcohol; chemical formula: C10H18O.
An example that Blackmond often uses is the asymmetric hydrogenation of the allylic alcohols geraniol and its isomers (g geraniol and nerol)....
Tucker says lemon balm is easy to grow from seeds and contains citronellal, geraniol and geranial.
She tells us that the principal constituents of lavender are alcohols such as borneol, geraniol and linalool; esters such as geranyle and linalyl; and terpents such as pinene and limonene.
Origin
Late 19th century: from German, from geranium+ -ol.