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cumarone

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cu⋅ma⋅rone

  [koo-muh-rohn, kyoo-]
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–noun Chemistry.
coumarone.

cou⋅ma⋅rone

  [koo-muh-rohn]
–noun Chemistry.
a colorless liquid, C8H6O7, derived from a naphtha distilled from coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of coumarone resins.
Also, cumarone.
Also called benzofuran.

Origin:
1880–85; < G Cumaron; see coumarin, -one
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cumarone

noun
a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins [syn: benzofuran] 
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