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pentachloronitrobenzene

pentachloronitrobenzene noun: a fungicide formally derived from nitrobenzene; it is an off-white or yellow solid with a musty odour.

Noun

pentachloronitrobenzene (uncountable)

  1. A fungicide formally derived from nitrobenzene; it is an off-white or yellow solid with a musty odour.
    Synonyms:
    PCNB, quintozene

Synonyms of pentachloronitrobenzene

Origin of pentachloronitrobenzene

From penta- + chloro- + nitrobenzene.

Questions about pentachloronitrobenzene

What does pentachloronitrobenzene mean?
Pentachloronitrobenzene means a fungicide formally derived from nitrobenzene; it is an off-white or yellow solid with a musty odour.
What part of speech is pentachloronitrobenzene?
Pentachloronitrobenzene is a noun.

Words near pentachloronitrobenzene in the dictionary

  1. pentachlorobiphenyl
  2. pentachlorobiphenyls
  3. pentachlorocyclohexane
  4. pentachlorocyclohexanes
  5. pentachlorocyclohexanol
  6. pentachloronitrobenzene
  7. pentachlorophenol
  8. pentachlorophenols
  9. pentachora
  10. pentachord
  11. pentachords

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