STEAROPTENE


Meaning of STEAROPTENE in English

/stee'euh rop"teen/ , n. Chem.

the oxygenated solid part of an essential oil (opposed to eleoptene ).

[ 1830-40; STEARO- + -ptene ptenós winged, volatile; cf. ELEOPTENE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .