Phenanthrene

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

  Phenanthrene \Phe*nan"threne\, n. [Phenyl + antracene.] (Chem.)
     A complex hydrocarbon, {C14H10}, found in coal tar, and
     obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish
     fluorescence.
     [1913 Webster]