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xylitone

xylitone noun: a yellow oil that is a side product of making phorone.

Noun

xylitone (countable and uncountable, plural xylitones)

  1. A yellow oil that is a side product of making phorone.

Forms of xylitone

pluralxylitones

Origin of xylitone

From xylite + -one.

Questions about xylitone

What does xylitone mean?
Xylitone means a yellow oil that is a side product of making phorone.
What part of speech is xylitone?
Xylitone is a noun.
What is the plural of xylitone?
The plural of xylitone is xylitones.

Words near xylitone in the dictionary

  1. xylindein
  2. xylite
  3. xylites
  4. xylitol
  5. xylitols
  6. xylitone
  7. xylitones
  8. xylivorous
  9. xylo
  10. xylo-
  11. xylo-marimba

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