xyloidin

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xyloidin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Xyloidin \Xy*loid"in\, n. [Xylo- + -oid.] (Chem.)
     A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of
     nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.
     [1913 Webster]