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cumene

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cu⋅mene

[kyoo-meen]
–noun Chemistry.
a colorless and toxic liquid, C9H12, soluble in alcohol: used as a solvent and in the production of phenol and acetone.
Also called isopropylbenzene.


Origin:
< F cumène; see cumin, -ene
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