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Cedrene

Ce′drene

(sē′drēn)
,
Noun.
(Chem.)
A rich aromatic oil,
C15H24
, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type.
[Written also
cedren
.]

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cedrene

cedrene

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  • cedren

Noun

cedrene (countable and uncountable, plural cedrenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar.
  2. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of similar substances, such as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc.