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eupione

eupione noun: a clear 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.

Noun

eupione (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A clear 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.

Forms of eupione

alternative formeupion

Origin of eupione

From Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + πίων (píōn, “fat”).

Questions about eupione

What does eupione mean?
Eupione means a clear 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.
What part of speech is eupione?
Eupione is a noun.

Words near eupione in the dictionary

  1. euphylline
  2. euphyllophyte
  3. euphyllophytes
  4. euphyllophytic
  5. eupion
  6. eupione
  7. eupittone
  8. eupittonic
  9. EUPL
  10. euplankton
  11. euplanktonic

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