azulene

See also: azulène

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azulene (countable and uncountable, plural azulenes)

  1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) A bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing a five- and a seven-membered fused ring; it is a blue, oily liquid first obtained from the essential oil of wormwood.
  2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of its derivatives.

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