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xanthoxylene

xanthoxylene noun: a terpene extracted from the seeds of the Japanese prickly ash (Zanthoxylum pipertium).

Noun

xanthoxylene (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) A terpene extracted from the seeds of the Japanese prickly ash (Zanthoxylum pipertium).

Origin of xanthoxylene

Coined by John Stenhouse from Xanthoxylum (“syn. of Zanthoxylum”) + -ene.

Questions about xanthoxylene

What does xanthoxylene mean?
Xanthoxylene means a terpene extracted from the seeds of the Japanese prickly ash (Zanthoxylum pipertium).
What part of speech is xanthoxylene?
Xanthoxylene is a noun.

Words near xanthoxylene in the dictionary

  1. xanthotoxol
  2. xanthous
  3. xanthoxenite
  4. xanthoxenites
  5. xanthoxin
  6. xanthoxylene
  7. xanthoxyletin
  8. xanthoxylin
  9. xanthoxyline
  10. xanthoxylon
  11. xanthoxylons

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