'pyroxylin' definitions:
Definition of 'pyroxylin'
From: WordNet
noun
Highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers [syn: pyroxylin, pyroxyline]
Definition of 'pyroxylin'
From: GCIDE
- pyroxylin \py*rox"y*lin\, n. (Chem.) A substance resembling gun cotton in composition and properties, but distinct in that it is more highly nitrified and is soluble in alcohol, ether, etc.; -- called also pyroxyle. [1913 Webster]