a natural food additive derived from pyran and used for flavouring in breads and cakes
maltol in American English
(ˈmɔltɔl, -tɑl)
noun
Chemistry
a crystalline compound, C6H6O3, obtained from larch bark, pine needles, chicory, or roasted malt, used for enhancing flavors and aromas, as in foods, wines, and perfumes
Also called: larixinic acid
Word origin
[1890–95; malt + -ol1]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blanket roll, bootstrap, historicism, masochism, takedown-ol is a suffix used in the names of chemical derivatives, representing “alcohol” (glycerol; naphthol; phenol), or sometimes “phenol” or less definitely assignable phenol derivatives (resorcinol)
Examples of 'maltol' in a sentence
maltol
Then he adds ethyl maltol and the apple morphs into a strawberry.