amylic

[ uh-mil-ik ]

/ əˈmɪl ɪk /

of, relating to, or characterized by the amyl group.

Origin of amylic

First recorded in 1855–60; amyl + -ic

For the detection of magenta the filtrate is mixed with a few drops of acetic acid, and it is then shaken up with amylic alcohol.

Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II |Arnold Cooley
Amylic Alcohol dissolves all the alkaloids, if they are in a free state, and it also takes up a little of the resin.

Poisons: Their Effects and Detection |Alexander Wynter Blyth
The filtrate, if shaken up with amylic alcohol, gives it in either case a red color.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 |Various
It is soluble in amylic alcohol, scarcely so in absolute alcohol.

The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines |T. H. Pardo de Tavera