Hypertext Webster Gateway: "furfuran"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Furfuran \Fur"fu*ran\, n. [L. furfur bran.] (Chem.)
A colorless, oily substance, {C4H4O}, obtained by distilling
certain organic substances, as pine wood, salts of pyromucic
acid, etc.; -- called also {tetraphenol}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
furfuran
n : a colorless toxic flammable liquid used in the synthesis of
nylon [syn: {furan}, {furane}]
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