benzoxazine

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noun

A bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of oxazine.

OriginEnglish oxazine ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

nounbenzoxazine (plural benzoxazines)

plural benzoxazines

  1. chemistryA bicyclic heterocycle consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of oxazine.

Origin

  1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  5. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  6. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  7. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  8. Old Javanesejawa
  9. Old JavaneseJawi
  10. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  11. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  12. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  13. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  14. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  15. Catalanbenjuí
  16. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  17. Englishbenzoin
  18. Englishbenzo-
  19. Englishoxazine
  20. Englishbenzoxazine

From benzo- + oxazine.

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APA

benzoxazine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benzoxazine

MLA

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Chicago

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