trihydroxyanthraquinone

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trihydroxyanthraquinone (plural trihydroxyanthraquinones)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric organic compounds with formula C14H8O5, formally derived from anthraquinone by replacing three hydrogen atoms by hydroxyl groups, and including several historically important dyes.