INDOPHENOL

Noun

indophenol (plural indophenols)

(organic compound) Any of a class of blue or green dyes produced by oxidation of phenols and aromatic diamines

Source: Wiktionary


In`do*phe"nol, n. Etym: [Indigo + phenol.] (Chem.)

Definition: Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol proper has not yet been isolated.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HERMAPHRODITE

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