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oxyphenic acid

Oxyphenol \Ox`y*phe"nol\, n. (Chem.) A phenol, C6H4(OH)2, produced by the distillation of catechin; called also oxyphenic acid, and now pyrocatechin.

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oxyphenic acid

n. (context chemistry obsolete English) pyrocatechol