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limonene

noun lim·o·nene \ˈlim-ə-ˌnēn\

Medical Definition of LIMONENE

:  a liquid terpene hydrocarbon C10H16 that has an odor like a lemon, exists in dextrorotatory, levorotatory, and racemic forms, and occurs in many essential oils—compare dipentene

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