Fluorene

Definition:

• (n.) A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained artificially.

Compare fluorene with other words:

fluorene vs. fluorite

fluorene vs. methylene

fluorene vs. hydrocarbon

aromatic vs. fluorene

fluorene vs. fluorine