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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A yellowish crystalline compound, C10H6O2N2, made by the dry distillation of gelatin. It melts at 268–269° C.

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

  • noun (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance allied to pyrrol, obtained by the distillation of gelatin.

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