OLIBENE

Ol"i*bene, n. (Chem.)

Definition: A colorless mobile liquid of a pleasant aromatic odor obtained by the distillation of olibanum, or frankincense, and regarded as a terpene; -- called also conimene.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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