Xanthene Definition

zănthēn

noun

A ring system, C₆H₄CH₂OC₆H₄, occurring as yellowish, crystalline leaflets in the molecules of many dyes.

Webster's New World

(chemistry) Any of a group of tricyclic heterocycles (dibenzopyrans) that are the basis for a range of dyes such as fluorescein and eosin.

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xanthene

Plural:

xanthenes

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