English dictionary
hydroquinone
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noun
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A white crystalline substance, C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub>, obtained by the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also <i>dihydroxy benzene</i>.
Source: webster1913