picric acid

(pikrik)

a poisonous, yellow, crystalline, bitter acid, CH(NO)OH, used in making dyes and explosives and in analytical chemistry

Origin: Fr picrique: see picro- & -ic

See picric acid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A poisonous, explosive yellow crystalline solid, C6H2(NO2)3OH, used in explosives, dyes, and antiseptics.

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