diphenylmethane

noun

di·​phen·​yl·​methane

: a crystalline hydrocarbon (C₆H₅)₂CH₂ that has an odor suggesting geranium, that is made usually from benzene (as by reaction with benzyl chloride), that is used chiefly as a perfume in soaps, and that is the parent of some synthetic dyes

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary diphenyl + methane

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