Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An inflammable volatile oil produced by distillation of caoutchouc at a high temperature. Also caoutchoucin and caoutchoucine.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

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  • noun organic chemistry An inflammable, volatile, oily liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

Etymologies

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caoutchouc +‎ -in?

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