Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hydroquinone"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hydroquinone \Hy`dro*qui"none\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + quinone.]
(Chem.)
A white crystalline substance, {C6H4(OH)2}, obtained by the
reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and
metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also
{dihydroxy benzene}.
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