Chem. [f. THYME + -ENE.]

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  1.  A clear oily hydrocarbon, C10H16, of the terpene group, contained in the oil of thyme.

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1857.  Miller, Elem. Chem., III. 446. Oil of Thyme … consists of an oxidized portion, thymole, and of a hydrocarbon, thymene. The latter constitutes the more volatile portion of the oil.

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1868.  Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 792. Thymene is a colourless oil, having an agreeable odour of thyme.

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1900.  Gildemeister & Hoffmann, Volatile Oils, 625.

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  2.  Commercially applied to a product of the oil of ajowan, used as a soap perfume.

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1900.  Gildemeister & Hoffmann, Volatile Oils, 558. The remaining part of the oil [of Ajowan], about one half, consists of hydrocarbons, which are sold in commerce under the name of thymene … a mixture of cymene and a terpene boiling at 172°.

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