Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H16, of the terpene series.

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  • noun chemistry Either of a pair of organic cyclic monoterpenes, α-phellandrene and β-phellandrene, used in fragrances.

Etymologies

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Eucalyptus phellandra (former name for Eucalyptus radiata)

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Examples

  • The chief constituents of the oil are anethol, methyl chavicol, d-pinene, l-phellandrene, and in older oils, the oxidation products of anethol, _viz. _ anisic aldehyde and anisic acid.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • The principal constituents of the oil are limonene and citral, together with small quantities of pinene, phellandrene, octyl and nonyl aldehydes, citronellal, geraniol, geranyl acetate, and the stearopten, citraptene.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • The oil contains a large amount of geraniol, together with di-hydrocumin alcohol, d-phellandrene, d-limonene, dipentene, and l-carvone.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • Besides cinnamic aldehyde the oil contains eugenol and phellandrene.

    The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton

  • The essential oils obtained from the seeds and roots by steam distillation are known to contain d-phellandrene, - pinene, osthenole, osthole, angelicin, - thujene, camphene, and numerous other compounds (1. 1-242, 1. 2-112).

    Find Me A Cure 2008

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