azulene

See also: azulène

English

Noun

azulene (countable and uncountable, plural azulenes)

1. (organic chemistry, uncountable) A bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing a five- and a seven-membered fused ring; it is a blue, oily liquid first obtained from the essential oil of wormwood.
2. (organic chemistry, countable) Any of its derivatives.

Derived terms

• polyazulene

Translations

chemical compound

• Catalan: azulè m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 薁 (ou³)

  Mandarin: 薁 (zh) (ào)

• Greek: αζουλένιο (el) n (azoulénio)
• Italian: azulene m
• Japanese: アズレン (azuren)
• Korean: 아줄렌 (ajullen)

Further reading

• azulene on Wikipedia.Wikipedia