rubrene
noun
ru·brene
ˈrüˌbrēn
plural -s
: an orange-red fluorescent crystalline polycyclic hydrocarbon C42H28 that is decolorized by oxygen with the reversible formation of a peroxide; tetraphenyl-naphthacene
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary rubr- (from Latin rubr-, ruber red) + -ene
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above
- diverticulated
- diverticulitis
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- diverticuloses
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- divertimento
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- divertisement
- divertisements
- divertissement
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- divertive
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- dives
- Dives
- dives (in)
- dives (into)
- Dives costs
- dives in