| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| terpene |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ter·pene |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tûr p n |
| NOUN: | Any of various unsaturated hydrocarbons, C10H16, found in essential oils and oleoresins of plants such as conifers and used in organic syntheses. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Obsolete terp(entine), variant of turpentine + –ene. | | OTHER FORMS: | ter·penic —ADJECTIVE
terpe·noid —ADJECTIVE & NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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