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Definition: oxyphenol
Pyrocatechin
\Pyr`o*cat"e*chin\, n. [Pyro- + catechu.] (Chem.)
A white crystalline substance,
C6H4(OH)2, of the phenol
series, found in various plants; -- so called because first
obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also
catechol,
oxyphenol. etc.
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