corannulene

  1. Noun.  (chemistry) Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons containing at least one ring of five fused benzene rings and thus having a non-planar form reminiscent of a bowl that is a fragment of buckminsterfullerene; a buckybowl.
  2. Noun.  (chemistry) The parent compound of this group.

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