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Webster 1913 Edition


Eupione

Eu′pi-one

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] very fat;
εὖ
well + [GREEK] fat.]
(Chem.)
A limpid, oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; – specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.
[Written also
eupion
.]