Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pyroxylin"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pyroxylin \Py*rox"y*lin\, n. (Chem.)
A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and
properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified
and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; -- called also
{pyroxyle}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pyroxylin
n : highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and
plastics and lacquers [syn: {pyroxyline}]
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