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fu•ran
Pronunciation: (fyoor'an, fyoo-ran'), [key]—
n.
a colorless, liquid, unsaturated, five-membered heterocyclic compound, C
4H
4O, obtained from furfural: used chiefly in organic synthesis. Also called
furfuran. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.