ACETIC ANHYDRIDE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("acetic anhydride" is a kind of...):

anhydride (a compound formed from one or more other compounds in a reaction resulting in removal of water)

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