Croconic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Croconic \Cro*con"ic\ (kr?-k?n"?k), a. [Gr. ???? saffron.]
     1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color
        of saffron; as, croconic acid.
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     2. Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid.


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     {Croconic acid} (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance,
        {C5O3(OH)2}, obtained from potassium carboxide, rhodizonic
        acid, and various phenol and quinone derivatives of
        benzene, and forming yellow or orange colored salts.
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