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n. - An unsaturated hydrocarbon obtained from plants.

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  • Some allergies are triggered by terpene, which is found in the oil or sap of live evergreen trees, wreaths and garlands.
  • The terpene from American turpentine is called austraterebenthene.
  • Hence it is a hydrocarbon of the terpene series, having the general formula
  • It has not yet been converted again into terpene, but the connection is sufficiently proved.
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