lignonen.
/ˈlɪɡnəʊn/ Chemistry.
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1844 G. Fownes Man. Elem. Chem. 421 A specimen of wood-spirit..was found by Gmelin to contain a volatile liquid, differing in some respects from acetone, to which he gave the term lignone.
1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 695 Lignone or Xylite. These names were applied to a volatile liquid of variable composition..obtained from crude wood-spirit by treatment with chloride of calcium, and subsequent rectification.
1885 G. L. Goodale in A. Gray & G. L. Goodale Bot. Text-bk. (ed. 6) II. i. i. 36 Lignone: insoluble in water, alcohol, and ether; soluble in ammonia, potassa, and soda.
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