
xan·thene
n 1 : a white crystalline heterocyclic compound C13H10O : also : an isomer of this that is the parent of the colored forms of the xanthene dyes 2 : any of various derivatives of xanthene .
        
Similar sounding terms: xan·thine xan·thone
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