furile

English

Alternative forms
  • furil

Etymology

Blend of furfurol +‎ benzile

Noun

furile (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A yellow crystalline substance, (C4H3O)2.C2O2, obtained by the oxidation of furoin.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for furile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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