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valencene

Today it means: The sesquiterpene octahydro-1,8a-dimethyl-7-(1-methylethenyl)naphthalene, which has a citrus aroma Full definition →

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From Valencia + -ene, after the variety of orange.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.