paraxylene
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editparaxylene (usually uncountable, plural paraxylenes)
- An aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of a benzene with two methyl substituents.
- 2009 January 15, Andrew Jacobs, “Chinese Chemical Plant Site Moves After Outcry”, in New York Times[1]:
- A proposal for another paraxylene plant, outside Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, has also been met by widespread protests.