cedrene
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cedrene (countable and uncountable, plural cedrenes)
- (organic chemistry) A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar.
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of similar substances, such as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “cedrene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)