eupione
Meanings
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.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + πίων (píōn, “fat”).
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