Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystalline resin, C40H66O, obtained from the gum elemi of Mexico.

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  • noun organic chemistry Either of two isomeric triterpenoids found in some vegetable oils and resins

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  • Part VIII: The identification of taraxerol of the, - amyrin position and of a new triterpene alcohol, resiniferol, as the less abundant constituents of Euphorbia resins].

    Chapter 5 1953

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