BENZOL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds

Synonyms:

benzene; benzine; benzol

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("benzol" is a kind of...):

aromatic hydrocarbon (a hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "benzol"):

benzene formula; benzene nucleus; benzene ring; Kekule formula (a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached)

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