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trihydroxyanthraquinone

trihydroxyanthraquinone noun: any of several isomeric organic compounds with formula C₁₄H₈O₅, formally derived from anthraquinone by replacing three hydrogen atoms by hydroxyl groups, and including several historically important dyes.

Noun

trihydroxyanthraquinone (plural trihydroxyanthraquinones)

  1. Any of several isomeric organic compounds with formula C₁₄H₈O₅, formally derived from anthraquinone by replacing three hydrogen atoms by hydroxyl groups, and including several historically important dyes.

Forms of trihydroxyanthraquinone

pluraltrihydroxyanthraquinones

Origin of trihydroxyanthraquinone

From tri- + hydroxy- + anthraquinone

Questions about trihydroxyanthraquinone

What does trihydroxyanthraquinone mean?
Trihydroxyanthraquinone means any of several isomeric organic compounds with formula C₁₄H₈O₅, formally derived from anthraquinone by replacing three hydrogen atoms by hydroxyl groups, and including several historically important dyes.
What part of speech is trihydroxyanthraquinone?
Trihydroxyanthraquinone is a noun.
What is the plural of trihydroxyanthraquinone?
The plural of trihydroxyanthraquinone is trihydroxyanthraquinones.

Words near trihydroxyanthraquinone in the dictionary

  1. trihydrofluoride
  2. trihydrofluorides
  3. trihydrogen
  4. trihydrogens
  5. trihydroxy
  6. trihydroxyanthraquinone
  7. trihydroxyanthraquinones
  8. trihydroxybenzene
  9. trihydroxybenzenes
  10. trihydroxybenzoate
  11. trihydroxybenzoates

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