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anthracin

anthracin is the alternative form 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 anthracin

What is anthracin the alternative form of?
Anthracin is the alternative form of anthracene.

Words near anthracin in the dictionary

  1. anthracenyl
  2. anthracenyls
  3. anthrachelin
  4. anthracic
  5. anthraciferous
  6. anthracin
  7. anthracite
  8. anthracites
  9. anthracitic
  10. anthracitism
  11. anthracitization

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