PYROXYLIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers

Synonyms:

pyroxylin; pyroxyline

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Nouns denoting substances

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

cellulose nitrate; guncotton; nitrocellulose; nitrocotton (a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives)

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