a white poisonous crystalline powder with a slight musty odour: used as an insecticide, weedkiller, and, in low concentrations, in treating scabies; 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane. Formula: C6H6Cl6
Word origin
C20: named after T. van der Linden, Dutch chemist
lindane in American English
(ˈlɪnˌdeɪn)
noun
an isomeric form of benzene hexachloride, used as an insecticide
Word origin
after T. van der Linden, 20th-c. Du chemist + -ane