stearoptene

See also: stéaroptène

English

Stearoptene residue obtained by lemon essential oil refrigeration (-20 °C for a month)

Etymology

From stearic +‎ -optene as in elaeoptene.

Noun

stearoptene (plural stearoptenes)

1. (chemistry) The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils, contrasted with elaeoptene.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “stearoptene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)