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pic·ric acid

n :  a bitter toxic explosive yellow crystalline strong acid C6H3N3O7 used esp. as a dye or biological stain, as an antiseptic, and as a precipitant for organic bases and polycyclic hydrocarbons - called also trinitrophenol  .
 
 

 
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