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perylene (iou)



perylene noun. E20.
[from per(idinaphth)ylene (indicating the structure, with two naphthalene molecules fused to a central ring): see -ENE.]
Chemistry. A yellow solid hydrocarbon, C20H12, whose molecule consists of five fused aromatic rings and from which certain pigments are derived.