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Definition of: anthracene
(an′thrə·sēn) noun Chem.
A blue fluorescent crystalline compound, C14H10, obtained in the last products of coal-tar distillation and used largely in the manufacture of alizarin and related dyes. [<Gk. anthrax, -akos coal + -ENE]
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