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- noun The first
man-made plastic ;pyroxylin .
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Parkes + -ine, originally a trademark.
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hernesheir commented on the word Parkesine
Trade name of a synthetic substitute for ivory that was awarded a bronze medal at the 1862 World's Fair in London.
May 21, 2010