Xanthogen

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

  Xanthogen \Xan"tho*gen\, n. [Xantho- + -gen.] (Chem.)
     (a) The hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic of
         xanthic acid. [Archaic]
     (b) Persulphocyanogen. [R.]
         [1913 Webster]