phlorone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A yellow crystalline substance resembling the quinones and obtained from beechwood tar and coal tar, or by the oxidation of xylidine.

Word forms

phlorone

Etymology

Blend of phlorol + quinone.

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