(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:52:50

Cy"mene (s?"m?n), n. Chem.

A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen.

 

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