xyloquinone

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xyloquinone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Phlorone \Phlo"rone\, n. [Phlorol + quinone.] (Chem.)
     A yellow crystalline substance having a peculiar unpleasant
     odor, resembling the quinones, and obtained from beechwood
     tar and coal tar, as also by the oxidation of xylidine; --
     called also xyloquinone.
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  Xyloquinone \Xy`lo*qui"none\, n. [Xylene + quinone.] (Chem.)
     Any one of a group of quinone compounds obtained respectively
     by the oxidation of certain xylidine compounds. In general
     they are yellow crystalline substances.
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