Word: Xanthene
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from Greek xanthos ‘yellow’ + -ene
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈzanθiːn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a yellowish crystalline compound, whose molecule contains two benzene rings joined by a methylene group and an oxygen atom, and whose derivatives include brilliant, often fluorescent, dyes such as fluorescein and rhodamines.
Short Definition:yellowish crystalline compound, whose molecule contains two benzene rings joined by methylene group
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