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brompicrin

Today it means: A pungent colourless liquid, CNO₂Br₃, with explosive properties. Full definition →

German Brompikrin

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German · borrowed fromBrompikrin
English todaybrompicrin

From German Brompikrin, from Brom (“bromine”) and Pikrinsäure, the word for picric acid.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.