English Explanatory Dictionary

xanthoxylene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

xanthoxylene

Etymology

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

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