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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 now pyrocatechin.

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  • noun chemistry A phenol produced by the distillation of catechin; oxyphenic acid or pyrocatechin.

Etymologies

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oxy- +‎ phenol

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