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camphene definition

cam·phene (kam′fēn′, kam fēn′)

noun

a toxic, colorless, crystalline terpene, CH, prepared synthetically from pinene and used like camphor

Etymology: camph(or) + -ene

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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