retene

See also: retené

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥητίνη (rhētínē, “pine resin”) + -ene.

Noun

retene (countable and uncountable, plural retenes)

1. (organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins.

Translations

hydrocarbon

• Catalan: retè m
• Finnish: reteeni

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “retene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• entree, entrée, eterne, rentee, teener