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Definition: nucin
Juglone
\Ju"glone\, n. [L. juglans the walnut + -one.] (Chem.)
A yellow crystalline substance (
C10H6O3) resembling
quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (
Juglans regia
); -- called also
nucin. Chemically, it is
5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthalenedione.
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