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BENZINE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds
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Hypernyms ("benzine" is a kind of...):
aromatic hydrocarbon (a hydrocarbon that contains one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of organic compounds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "benzine"):
benzene formula; benzene nucleus; benzene ring; Kekule formula (a closed chain of 6 carbon atoms with hydrogen atoms attached)