Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of a class of bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused with one of furan.

More definitions
  • a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: benzofurans
Singularbenzofuran
Pluralbenzofurans

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
coumaronecumaron
Close in meaning
  • a colorless oily compound extracted from coal tar and used in manufacturing synthetic resins:coumaronecumarone

Word family

5 related words

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