azulene
- Noun. (context, organic compound) A bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing a five- and a seven-membered fused ring; it is a blue, oily liquid first obtained from the essential oil of wormwood.
- Noun. (context, organic chemistry) Any of its derivatives.
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