Cryptic crossword clue
Senna oil is regularly below acidity scale for disinfectants 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PHENOLS

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What does PHENOLS mean?

PHENOLS noun
  1. A caustic, poisonous, white crystalline compound, C6H5OH, derived from benzene and used in resins, plastics, and pharmaceuticals and in dilute form as a disinfectant and antiseptic; once called carbolic acid.
  2. Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds having at least one hydroxyl group attached directly to the benzene ring.

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