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cespitine

cespitine noun: an oil obtained by distillation of peat, containing various members of the pyridine series.

Noun

cespitine (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) An oil obtained by distillation of peat, containing various members of the pyridine series.

Origin of cespitine

From Latin caespes, caespitis (“a turf”).

Questions about cespitine

What does cespitine mean?
Cespitine means an oil obtained by distillation of peat, containing various members of the pyridine series.
What part of speech is cespitine?
Cespitine is a noun.

Words near cespitine in the dictionary

  1. cesium hydroxides
  2. cesium iodide
  3. cesium nitrate
  4. Cesky terrier
  5. Cesky terriers
  6. cespitine
  7. cespititious
  8. cespitose
  9. cespitosely
  10. cespitous
  11. cespitulose

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