melamine

mel·a·mine  (ml-mn)

n.

1. A white crystalline compound, C₃H₆N₆, used in making melamine resins and for tanning leather.

2. A plastic made from such resin.

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[German Melamin : blend of Melam, distillate of ammonium thiocyanate (mel-, arbitrary pref. + Am(monium), ammonium) and Amin, amine.]

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melamine

Noun

a colourless crystalline compound used in making synthetic resins [German Melamin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

melamine - a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins cyanuramide alkali, base - any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"