fluorene
noun
flu·o·rene
ˈflu̇(ə)ˌrēn,
ˈflōrˌēn,
ˈflȯˌrēn
plural -s
: a colorless crystalline cyclic hydrocarbon C13H10 that has a violet fluorescence and that is obtained usually from the coal-tar distillate which boils between naphthalene and anthracene; ortho-diphenylene-methane
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary fluor- + -ene; originally formed as French fluorène