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xylophene

xylophene noun: pentachlorophenol (when used to preserve wood from boring insects).

Noun

xylophene (uncountable)

  1. pentachlorophenol (when used to preserve wood from boring insects).

Questions about xylophene

What does xylophene mean?
Xylophene means pentachlorophenol (when used to preserve wood from boring insects).
What part of speech is xylophene?
Xylophene is a noun.

Words near xylophene in the dictionary

  1. xylophagic
  2. xylophagid
  3. xylophagids
  4. xylophagous
  5. xylophagy
  6. xylophene
  7. xylophilan
  8. xylophilans
  9. xylophilic
  10. xylophilous
  11. xylophobia

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