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| an·i·line [ ánn'lən ] |
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colorless poisonous liquid: a colorless poisonous oily liquid. Use: manufacture of dyes, resins, pharmaceuticals, explosives. C6H5NH2
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| [Mid-19th century. <anil, because first obtained by distilling indigo with alkali] |
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