Dioxin

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of several carcinogenic or teratogenic heterocyclic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in petroleum-derived herbicides.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. any of a broad range of toxic or carcinogenic halogenated polycyclic compounds that occur as byproducts of herbicides
  • n. the parent compound, dibenzo-p-dioxin, in which two benzene rings are connected vio two oxygen atoms; oxanthrene
  • n. the unsaturated six-membered heterocycle having four carbon atoms, two oxygen atoms and two double bonds
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  • n. any of several toxic or carcinogenic hydrocarbons that occur as impurities in herbicides
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