stearoptene
Origin of stearoptene
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How to use stearoptene in a sentence
The crystals of rose-stearoptene are light, feathery, shining plates, filling the whole liquid.
Scientific American Supplement No. 275 | VariousWhen hard spring water is employed, the otto is rich in stearoptene, but less transparent and fragrant.
Scientific American Supplement No. 275 | VariousThe solid crystalline matter which separates from them when kept in closed vessels is stearoptene.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold CooleyBy age it deposits a crystalline stearoptene, and acquires a terebinthinate odour.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
British Dictionary definitions for stearoptene
/ (ˌstɪəˈrɒptiːn) /
the part of an essential oil that separates out as a solid on cooling or standing
Origin of stearoptene
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