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buckminsterfullerene

buck·min·ster·ful·ler·ene [ bùkminstər fllə rn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
form of carbon found in minerals: a stable form allotrope of carbon containing 60 atoms

[Late 20th century. < the molecule's resemblance to the geodesic dome structure invented by R. Buckminster Fuller]
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