coerulignone

English

Etymology

From Latin coeruleus (“cerulean”) + lignum (“wood”) + English quinone.

Noun

coerulignone (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A bluish-violet crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar, regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl.

Synonyms

• cedriret

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “coerulignone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)