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Webster 1913 Edition

Pyroxylic

Pyrˊox-yl′ic

,

Adj.

[

Pyro-

+ Gr. [GREEK] wood.]

(Old Chem.)

Derived from wood by distillation; – formerly used in designating crude wood spirit.

Definition 2024

pyroxylic

pyroxylic

English

Adjective

pyroxylic

(obsolete, chemistry) created by the destructive distillation of wood