noun. Any of three colorless liquid isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, C₁₀H₁₄, used in the manufacture of synthetic resins and other organic synthesis.

noun. The para-isomer of cymene, which occurs naturally in essential oils, especially of cumin and thyme.

noun. A hydrocarbon (C₁₀H₁₄) occurring in the volatile oil of Roman cumin, in camphor, in the oil of thyme, etc., and prepared by treating oil of turpentine with oil of vitriol. It is a colorless, strongly refracting liquid, and has a pleasant odor of lemons. Also cymol and camphogen.

noun. A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen.

noun. any of several isomeric naturally occurring terpenoid hydrocarbons; a constituent of a number of essential oils, most commonly the oil of cumin and thyme.

noun. any of three isotopes of a colorless aromatic liquid hydrocarbon occurring in the volatile oil of cumin and thyme and used in the manufacture of synthetic resins

"Looking at a dozen or so components, they determined that the main culprits in the tobacco malodor, after nicotine, include substituted pyrazines and pyridines (compounds that contribute a burning, smoky smell) and para-cymene (lending green or herbal notes)."

hydrocarbon  

acetanilide  aldehyde  borneol  cadinene  camphene  

camphogen  paracymene