What is "phenylamine"

Phenylamine \Phe`nyl*am"ine\, n. [Phenyl + amine.] (Chem.) Any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as formed from ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen.

n. (context organic compound English) Alternative name for aniline (C₆H₅NH₂).

n. oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines [syn: aniline, aniline oil, aminobenzine]