The name of a large island in the Indian Archipelago. Attrib. in Borneo camphor, the camphor extracted from the Dryobalanops camphora, also the tree itself; Borneo caoutchouc, a kind of india-rubber obtained from Borneo. Hence Borneene, Borneol, organic compounds chiefly obtained from the Borneo camphor tree; Bornesite ‘a sweet volatile substance occurring in the caoutchouc of Bomeo’ (Watts, Dict. Chem., I. 626.)
1876. Harley, Mat. Med., 703. The Borneo Camphor is one of the giants of the vegetable world. Ibid. Fluid hydrocarbon called camphor oil or borneene. Ibid., 680. A hydrocarbon isomeric with … borneol.
1884. Roscoe & Schorlemmer, Chem., III. 553. By subjecting Borneo caoutchouc to pressure, a liquid is obtained from which bornesite is left on evaporation.
