Eu"pi*one (?), n. [Gr. very fat; well + 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.]

 

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