Indophenol

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

  Indophenol \In`do*phe"nol\, n. [Indigo + phenol.] (Chem.)
     Any one of a series of artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling
     indigo in appearance, and obtained by the action of phenol on
     certain nitrogenous derivatives of quinone. Simple indophenol
     proper, the parent compound of the dye series, is a
     quinonimine derivative with the formula {C12H9NO2}.


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