pyroxyline

[Raeanne Dimick]

highly flammable nitrocellulose used in making collodion and plastics and lacquers

[EfrainaLign]

an explosive substance obtained by steeping vegetable fibre in nitro-sulphuric acid and drying after it is washed. Pyrrha

[PussyCat]

Gun-cotton (which see).

[LindaArrit]

Pyroxyline is a substance, also known as cellulose nitrate or guncotton, produced by treating cellulose with nitric acid. It is highly flammable and is often used in making explosives, lacquers, collodions and celluloid.