triphenylmethane
noun
tri·phe·nyl·meth·ane
ˌtrī-ˌfe-nᵊl-ˈme-ˌthān
-ˌfē-
: a crystalline hydrocarbon CH(C6H5)3 that is the parent compound of many dyes
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