Words Containing Quinone

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Definition of quinone

n. - A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type.

aceanthrenequinone aminoanthraquinone anthradiquinone anthrahydroquinone anthraquinone benzoquinone chlorohydroquinone duroquinone hydroquinone hydroxyanthraquinone menaquinone meriquinone naphthoquinone orthobenzoquinone orthoquinone