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amylene

amylene noun: pentene.

Noun

amylene (plural amylenes)

  1. (obsolete) Pentene.
  2. A colorless, volatile, mobile liquid consisting of a mixture of different isomers of this hydrocarbon.

Forms of amylene

pluralamylenes

Origin of amylene

From amyl + -ene.

Words formed from amylene

Questions about amylene

What does amylene mean?
Amylene means pentene.
What part of speech is amylene?
Amylene is a noun.
What is the plural of amylene?
The plural of amylene is amylenes.

Words near amylene in the dictionary

  1. amylases
  2. amylasic
  3. amylate
  4. amylates
  5. amyle
  6. amylene
  7. amylenes
  8. amyles
  9. amylic
  10. amyliferous
  11. amylin

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