brompicrin
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Brompikrin, from words for "bromine" and "picric (acid)".
Noun
editbrompicrin (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry) A pungent colourless explosive liquid, CNO2Br3.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “brompicrin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)