Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless liquid (C10H14) produced by distilling camphor with phosphorous pentoxid. Also called
cymene .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) See
cymene .
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- noun chemistry
cymene
Etymologies
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camphor + -gen: formerly so called as derived from camphor: compare French camphogène.
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