tri·phenyl·ene | \ trīˈfenᵊlˌēn, -fēn- \
Definition of triphenylene
: a crystalline, tetracyclic aromatic hydrocarbon C18H12 present in coal tar and structurally constituted as though three ortho-phenylene radicals were joined to form a central hexagonal ring
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