Xylorcin

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

  Xylorcin \Xy*lor"cin\, n. [Xylene + orcin.] (Chem.)
     A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline
     substance which on exposure in the air becomes red; -- called
     also {betaorcin}.
     [1913 Webster]