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PYROXYLIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pyroxylin mean?
• PYROXYLIN (noun)
The noun PYROXYLIN has 1 sense:
1. highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
Familiarity information: PYROXYLIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
pyroxylin; pyroxyline
Hypernyms ("pyroxylin" is a kind of...):
cellulose nitrate; guncotton; nitrocellulose; nitrocotton (a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives)
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