Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bright yellow crystalline compound, C14H10O2. Also called
dihydroxyanthracene .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
flavonoid obtained fromanthraquinone .
Etymologies
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Latin flavus yellow + -ol.
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