eupittone

English

Alternative forms

• eupitton

Etymology

From eu- +‎ pittacal +‎ -one.

Noun

eupittone (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance, resembling aurin, obtained by the oxidation of pittacal; eupittonic acid.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “eupittone”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)