CAMPHENE

Noun

camphene (countable and uncountable, plural camphenes)

(organic compounds) Bicyclic monoterpene, a minor constituent of many essential oils.

Anagrams

• champeen

Source: Wiktionary


Cam"phene, n. (Chem.)

Definition: One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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