(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:28:53

Xy*loid"in (?), n. [Xylo- + -oid.] Chem.

A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.

 

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