CYANOGEN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A colorless toxic gas with a pungent almond odor; has been used in chemical warfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

Derivation:

cyanogenetic; cyanogenic (capable of producing cyanide)

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