The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Quinone \Qui"none\, n. [Quinine + ketone.] (Chem.)
A crystalline substance, C6H4O2 (called also
benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic
acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any
one of the series of which quinone proper is the type.
[Written also chinone, kinone.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chinone \Chi"none\, n. [NL. chinium quinine (see Chinoidine.)
+ -one.] (Chem.)
See Quinone.
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