# ladderane

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any of a class of polycyclic hydrocarbons, consisting of repeating cyclobutane moieties, that resemble ladders

## Etymology
From ladder + -ane, from the resemblance of its chemical structure to a ladder.

## Source
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