Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
pyrocatechol .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A phenol, C6H4(OH)2, produced by the distillation of catechin; called also
oxyphenic acid , and nowpyrocatechin .
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- noun chemistry A
phenol produced by thedistillation ofcatechin ;oxyphenic acid orpyrocatechin .
Etymologies
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oxy- + phenol
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