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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) A colorless, oily substance, C4H4O, obtained by distilling certain organic substances, as pine wood, salts of pyromucic acid, etc.; -- called also tetraphenol.

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  • noun organic chemistry Furan.

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  • noun a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of nylon

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[furfur(al) + –an.]

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