naphthalene.
A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
Meaning & usage
A white crystalline hydrocarbon manufactured from coal tar; used in mothballs.
An aromatic bicyclic hydrocarbon, C₁₀H₈; an acene containing two fused benzene rings.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphth(a) English -al French -ènebor. English -ene English naphthalene From naphth(a) + -al + -ene.
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