Xylene

/ˈzaɪliːn/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, found in coal and wood tar. countable, uncountable

    "[…] proceeding, desperately, from such opiated catarrh preparations as Collis Brown's Mixture on to cocainized brain tonics, cigarettes soaked in absinthe, xylene in unventilated rooms, and so on […]"

  2. 2
    a colorless flammable volatile liquid hydrocarbon used as a solvent wordnet

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"[…] proceeding, desperately, from such opiated catarrh preparations as Collis Brown's Mixture on to cocainized brain tonics, cigarettes soaked in absinthe, xylene in unventilated rooms, and so on […]"

Etymology

From xyl- + -ene.

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