hydroquinone - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'hydroquinone' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Hydroquinone

[ n.]

- A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, obtained by the reduction of quinone. It is a diacid phenol, resembling, and metameric with, pyrocatechin and resorcin. Called also dihydroxy benzene.

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