Xylene - What does it mean?
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(chemistry) Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, di-methyl-benzene, found in coal and wood tar.
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As a noun xylene
is any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, di-methyl-benzene, found in coal and wood tar.xylene
English
(wikipedia xylene)Noun
(en noun)- [...] proceeding, desperately, from such opiated catarrh preparations as Collis Brown's Mixture on to cocainized brain tonics, cigarettes soaked in absinthe, xylene in unventilated rooms, and so on [...].
