A compound of an explosive nature produced by the action of nitric acid on starch.
A white explosive compound made by the action of strong nitric acid on starch or woody fibre-related to gun-cotton, but exploding with less violence.
z[=i]-loi'din, n. an explosive like gun-cotton, prepared by the action of strong nitric acid on starch or woody fibre. [Gr. xylon, wood, eidos, form, appearance.]
