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cam⋅phene

  [kam-feen, kam-feen]
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–noun
a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble substance, C10H16, occurring in turpentine and many other essential oils, prepared from pinene: used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of synthetic camphor.
Origin:
1835–45; < NL camph(ora) camphor + -ene
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cam·phene   (kām'fēn')   
n.  A colorless crystalline terpene, C10H16, used in the manufacture of synthetic camphor and insecticides.

[camph(or) + -ene.]
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Main Entry: cam·phene
Pronunciation: 'kam-"fEn
Function: noun
: any of several terpenes related to camphor; especially : a colorlesscrystalline terpene C10H16 found in three optically different forms in several essential oils, made synthetically from pinene, and used in insecticides
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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