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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless compound, prepared by melting hydrocarbostyril-β-carboxylic acid. It crystallizes in large lustrous prisms and melts at 163° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C9H9NO, obtained from certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related to quinoline and carbostyril.
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- noun organic chemistry A
nitrogenous hydrocarbon , C9H9NO, obtained from certainderivatives ofcinnamic acid and closely related toquinoline andcarbostyril .
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hydro- + carbostyril
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