naphthalene

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noun
Definitions
  • A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
  • (organic compound) An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.

Etymology

Suffix from English naphtha.

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naphtha

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