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terebene

Today it means: Any of various preparations, composed mainly of terpenes, obtained from camphor or turpentine by several chemical methods, used as an expectorant and antiseptic Full definition →

French térébène ← Old French terebinte

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Old French · derived fromterebinte
French · borrowed fromtérébène
English todayterebene

From French térébène, from térébinthe, from Old French terebinte. By surface analysis, terebinth + -ene. Piecewise doublet of terpene.

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