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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A golden-yellow crystalline base, C19H11N, made by heating a mixture of aminopyrene, glycerol, nitrobenzene, and concentrated sulphuric acid. It melts at 152–153° C. Its dilute solutions have a green fluorescence.

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