'Paracymene' definitions:
Definition of 'Paracymene'
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Paracymene \Par`a*cy"mene\, n. [Pref. para- + cymene.] (Chem.)
Same as Cymene.
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Definition of 'paracymene'
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Cymene \Cy"mene\ (s?"m?n), n. (Chem.)
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.
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