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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A liquid hydrocarbon (C10H18) obtained from peppermint-oil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine, obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and a cooling taste.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of a number of
isomeric cyclic monoterpene hydrocarbons having a singledouble bond
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