Oxalan

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

  Oxalan \Ox"a*lan\, n. [From {Alloxan}, by transposition of
     letters.] (Chem.)
     A complex nitrogenous substance {C3N3H5O3} obtained from
     alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a
     stable white crystalline powder; -- called also
     {oxaluramide}.


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