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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] pine resin.]

(Chem.)

A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins.

See also: retene

retené

(Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of retener.