Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless carbohydrate, C5H12O5, prepared by the reduction of xylose.
- noun A colorless liquid obtained from crude wood-spirit. It boils at 61.5° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A
liquid hydrocarbon found incrude wood spirits .
Etymologies
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xyl- + -ite
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