ligroin
ligroin definition
lig·roin (lig′rō in)
noun
a mixture of hydrocarbons, a colorless, flammable liquid, obtained in the fractional distillation of petroleum and used as a motor fuel and as a solvent for fats and oils in dry cleaning, etc.
Etymology: arbitrary coinage, prob. < Gr liguros, clear + -in
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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