cumene

[ kyoo-meen ]

nounChemistry.
  1. a colorless and toxic liquid, C9H12, soluble in alcohol: used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and acetone.

Origin of cumene

1
<French cumène;see cumin, -ene

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