melaniline

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noun

A complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white crystalline substance; diphenyl guanidin.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounmelaniline (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA complex nitrogenous hydrocarbon obtained artificially (as by the action of cyanogen chloride on aniline) as a white crystalline substance; diphenyl guanidin.
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