ˈflu̇(ə)ˌrēn, ˈflōrˌēn, ˈflȯˌrēn noun
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Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary fluor- + -ene; originally formed as French fluorène
: a colorless crystalline cyclic hydrocarbon C 13 H 10 that has a violet fluorescence and that is obtained usually from the coal-tar distillate which boils between naphthalene and anthracene; ortho -diphenylene-methane