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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The name of a hydrocarbon, C16H14, from which the compound formerly called retistenequinone but now known to be retenequinone, C18H16O2, was supposed to be derived.

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

  • noun (Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.

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  • noun chemistry, archaic A white crystalline hydrocarbon produced indirectly from retene.

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