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Sesquiterpene
is always a great word to know.
So is coke. Does it mean:
| the solid product resulting from the distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon |
| selecting for combination or action; tending to combine with certain substances in preference to others, such as elective attraction |
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noun Chemistry.
1.
(originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C10H16, obtained from plants.
2.
this class or any of its oxygenated derivatives, any hydrocarbon from the same source having the formula C5H8 (hemiterpene), the formula C10H16 with an aliphatic structure (acyclic terpene) or two-ringed structure (bicyclic terpene), the formula C15H24 (sesquiterpene), etc., and any of their oxygenated derivatives.
Related forms
ter·pene·less, adjective
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