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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless ketonic compound, C10H16O, contained in peppermint-oil and prepared by the action of dilute hydrochloric acid on nitrosomenthene. It boils at 206.3° C. and has a well-marked odor of peppermint.

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