xyloidin

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English

Etymology

From xyloid +‎ -in.

Noun

xyloidin (countable and uncountable, plural xyloidins)

  1. (organic chemistry, dated) An explosive compound resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch.

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