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pyroxylin

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py·rox·y·lin (p

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n) also py·rox·y·line (-l

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n)

n.

A highly flammable nitrocellulose used in the manufacture of collodion, plastics, and lacquers.

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pyroxylin - highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers

cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocellulose, nitrocotton - a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives

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