/lin"dayn/ , n. Chem.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 6 H 6 Cl 6 , the gamma isomer of benzene hexachloride: used chiefly as an insecticide, delouser, and weed-killer.
[ 1945-50; named after T. van der Linden, 20th-century Dutch chemist; see -ANE ]