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English noun: naphthalene

1. naphthalene (substance) a white crystalline strong-smelling hydrocarbon made from coal tar or petroleum and used in organic synthesis and as a fumigant in mothballs


Broader (hypernym)hydrocarbon


Substance meronymcamphor ball, coal tar, mothball









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