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flavogallol

flavogallol noun: a bright yellow crystalline compound, C₂₁H₈O₁₂, that forms hair-like needles and can be used as a yellow dye.

Noun

flavogallol (uncountable)

  1. A bright yellow crystalline compound, C₂₁H₈O₁₂, that forms hair-like needles and can be used as a yellow dye.
    • In the paste form flavogallol readily dyes mordanted fabrics […]1918, Arthur George Perkin, Arthur Ernest Everest, The Natural Organic Colouring Matters, page 409
    • Structure (I), considered but rejected by earlier workers, is now proposed for flavogallol.1956, Quarterly Journal of the Chemical Society of London, page 4225

Questions about flavogallol

What does flavogallol mean?
Flavogallol means a bright yellow crystalline compound, C₂₁H₈O₁₂, that forms hair-like needles and can be used as a yellow dye.
What part of speech is flavogallol?
Flavogallol is a noun.

Words near flavogallol in the dictionary

  1. flavodomains
  2. flavodoxin
  3. flavodoxins
  4. flavoenzyme
  5. flavoenzymes
  6. flavogallol
  7. flavoglaucin
  8. flavoglobin
  9. flavoglobins
  10. flavoglycoside
  11. flavoglycosides

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