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Caoutchin

Caout′chin

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Noun.
(Chem.)
An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

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caoutchin

caoutchin

English

Noun

caoutchin (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An inflammable, volatile, oily liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

References

  • caoutchin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913