Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A terpene (C10H16) found in the oil of lemon.

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  • C10H16 group, which in current practice at that time came under a multitude of names ranging from terpene to camphene, citrene, carvene, cinene, cajuputene, eucalyptine, hesperidine, etc.

    Otto Wallach - Biography 1966

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