Hypertext Webster Gateway: "anthracene"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Anthracene \An"thra*cene\, n. [Gr. ? coal.] (Chem.)
A solid hydrocarbon, {C6H4.C2H2.C6H4}, which accompanies
naphthalene in the last stages of the distillation of coal
tar. Its chief use is in the artificial production of
alizarin. [Written also {anthracin}.]
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