aromatic compound

Other forms: aromatic compounds

Definitions of aromatic compound
  1. noun
    a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds
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    type of:
    hydrocarbon
    an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen
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