TERPENE
\tˈɜːpiːn], \tˈɜːpiːn], \t_ˈɜː_p_iː_n]\
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Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.
By Oddity Software
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Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.
By Noah Webster.
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Any hydrocarbon of the formula, C10H16.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Any one of a series of hydrocarbons derived from that having the composition C10H16, and occurring very widely in the vegetable kingdom. They are found in all volatile oils except oil of rose, and often form the chief ingredient. They include the pinenes (australene, eucalyptene, and terebentene), the camphenes (terecamphene, borneo-camphene, and inactive camphene), the limonene group (hesperidene, carvene, citrene, isoterpene, inactive limonene, cajeputene, cinene, diisoprene, isoterebentene, and caoutchene), terpinolene, silvestrene, terpinene, and phellandrene.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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