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anthracenes

anthracenes is the plural of anthracene.

Meaning of anthracene

Noun

anthracene (countable and uncountable, plural anthracenes)

  1. A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (an acene containing three fused rings) obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of wood preservatives, insecticides and the dye alizarin; it is isomeric with phenanthrene.

Questions about anthracenes

What is anthracenes the plural of?
Anthracenes is the plural of anthracene.

Words near anthracenes in the dictionary

  1. anthracene
  2. anthracenecarboxylate
  3. anthracenecarboxylates
  4. anthracenedione
  5. anthracenediones
  6. anthracenes
  7. anthracenyl
  8. anthracenyls
  9. anthrachelin
  10. anthracic
  11. anthraciferous

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