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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of two viscous liquid esters, C20H28O3 or C21H28O5, occurring naturally in pyrethrum plants and used as insecticides.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin cinis, ciner-, ashes + –in.]
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