octacosane
noun
oc·ta·co·sane
ˌäktəˈkōˌsān
plural -s
: a solid paraffin hydrocarbon C28H58
especially : the normal hydrocarbon CH3(CH2)26CH3
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary octacos- (from octa- + -cos- —from eicosa-) + -ane