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pyroxylic

pyroxylic adjective: created by the destructive distillation of wood.

Adjective

pyroxylic (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Created by the destructive distillation of wood.

Origin of pyroxylic

From pyro- + xylic.

Words formed from pyroxylic

Questions about pyroxylic

What does pyroxylic mean?
Pyroxylic means created by the destructive distillation of wood.
What part of speech is pyroxylic?
Pyroxylic is an adjective.

Words near pyroxylic in the dictionary

  1. pyroxychlor
  2. pyroxyfur
  3. pyroxyl
  4. pyroxyle
  5. pyroxyles
  6. pyroxylic
  7. pyroxylic spirit
  8. pyroxylin
  9. pyroxyline
  10. pyroxylins
  11. pyrozone

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