coumarone

American

[koo-muh-rohn] / ˈku məˌroʊn /

Also cumarone

noun

Chemistry.

a colorless liquid, C 8 H 6 O 7 , derived from a naphtha distilled from coal tar: used chiefly in the synthesis of coumarone resins.

coumarone British

/ ˈkuːməˌrəʊn /

noun

another name for benzofuran

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Etymology

Origin of coumarone

1880–85; from German Cumaron; see coumarin, -one

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