Chem. [f. as prec. + -ONE.] (See quots.)
1844. Fownes, Chem., 421. A specimen of wood-spirit … was found by Gmelin to contain a volatile liquid, differing in some respects from acetone, to which he gave the term lignone.
1865. Watts, Dict. Chem., III. 695. Lignone or Xylite. These names were applied to a volatile liquid of variable composition … obtained from crude wood-spirit by treatment with chloride of calcium, and subsequent rectification.
1885. Goodale, Physiol. Bot., 36, note. Lignone, insoluble in water, alcohol and ether; soluble in ammonia, potassa and soda.
