Terpene

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  • noun. Any of various unsaturated hydrocarbons, C10H16, found in essential oils and oleoresins of plants such as conifers and used in organic syntheses.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Any one of a class of hydrocarbons having the common formula C10H16, found chiefly in essential oils and resins.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Any one of a series of isomeric hydrocarbons of pleasant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A very large class of naturally occurring and synthetic organic compounds formally derived from the hydrocarbon isoprene; they include many volatile compounds used in perfume and food flavours, turpentine, the steroids, the carotene pigments and rubber.
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  • noun. an unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants
    • Word Usage
    "The aroma of ordinary hops is characterized by the terpene myrcene, which is also found in bay leaf and verbena, and is woody and resinous."
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hydrocarbon  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    diterpene  limonene  monoterpene  polyterpene  sesquiterpene  
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    blood-warm  donor  halogenated  monoterpene  nth  
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