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Pyrocatechin
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, of the phenol series, found in various plants; - so called because first obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also catechol, oxyphenol. etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pyrocatechin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pyrocatechin.html. 1828.