Definitions for cymenes

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cymenes cy·mene

Spelling: [sahy-meen]

IPA: /ˈsaɪ min/

Cymenes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in cymenes (ceemnsy).

Definitions for cymenes

noun

1. a colorless, pleasant-smelling benzene derivative, C 10 H 14 , occurring in the volatile oil of the common cumin, Cuminum cyminum, and existing in three forms, the ortho, meta, and para isomers.

Origin of cymenes

1860-65; Greek kým(īnon) cumin + -ene

Examples for cymenes

Besides a cymene and a toluene, which have already been shown to exist in rosin spirit, metaxylene was found to be present.

By distillation with zinc chloride, cymene and other products are produced.

cymene is methylpropyl-benzene, and can be made from terpenes by removing two atoms of H.

Terebenthene belongs to the benzene or aromatic series, which can be shown from its connection with cymene.