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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: retené

retene ‎(countable and uncountable, plural retenes)

(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins.