English Explanatory Dictionary

pyroxanthin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A yellow, crystalline substance obtained from creosote etc; it seems to be a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.

Word forms

pyroxanthin pyroxanthins

Etymology

From pyro- + xanth- + -in.

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