Repeated units in an organic molecule

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I came across this molecule as I was studying

COH(Benzene Ring)3

So this is a molecule with a center carbon and then 3 benzene rings and an oxygen coming off of it. This makes sense.

But, I could also see how this would be interpreted as a molecule that was bonded as follows:
Ring-Ring-Ring-C-OH

I know this is incorrect because when we write things like CH4 we mean that there are 4 H coming from the one carbon.

Is it ever possible that a molecule will need to be interpreted as something like Ring-Ring-Ring-C-OH and if so, how would that molecule be written?

 

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I came across this molecule as I was studying

COH(Benzene Ring)3

But, I could also see how this would be interpreted as a molecule that was bonded as follows:
Ring-Ring-Ring-C-OH

The Carbon MUST have four bonds....and a benzene ring can only make one bond to the carbon at one site.