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py·ro·cat·e·chol

n :  a crystalline phenol C6H6O2 obtained by pyrolysis of various natural substances (as resins and lignins) but usu. made synthetically and used esp. as a photographic developer and in organic synthesis - called also catechol  .
 
   

 
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