[mod. f. L. abiet-em fir-tree + -ENE, repr. Gr. -ηνη, female descendant.] A hydro-carbon obtained by distillation of the resin or balsam of the nut-pine of California (Pinus sabiniana), analogous to oil of turpentine.
1875. Ure, Dict. of Arts, I. 2. The commercial article is used under different names, abietene, crasine, theoline, &c. for the removal of paint from clothing and woven fabrics…. The vapour of abietene is a powerful anæsthetic when inhaled.
