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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to or derived from picric acid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) The hypothetical radical of picric acid, analogous to phenyl.

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  • noun organic chemistry The univalent radical, analogous to phenyl, derived from picric acid

Etymologies

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picric +‎ -yl

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