Oxyphenic

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

  Oxyphenic \Ox`y*phe"nic\, a. [Oxy- (b) + phenol.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or designating, the phenol formerly called
     oxyphenic acid, and now oxyphenol and pyrocatechin. See
     {Pyrocatechin}.
     [1913 Webster]