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Naphthalene Common

Naphthalene has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs

2

A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.

See Also
naphthaline binaphthyl phthalic atovaquone acene diaminonaphthalene methoxynaphthalene mothball
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hydrocarbon
Rhyming Words
ene dene mene pene sene bene rene gene nene lene cene oxene agene ilene arene keene ctene azene acene irene
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