santalene
noun
san·ta·lene
ˈsantəˌlēn
plural -s
: either of two liquid unsaturated hydrocarbons C15H24 occurring in East Indian sandalwood oil:
a
: a tricyclic sesquiterpene
called also alpha-santalene
b
: a bicyclic sesquiterpene
called also beta-santalene
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary santal- (from New Latin Santalum) + -ene
- Northumberland
- Northumberland Strait
- Northumbria
- Northumbrian
- Northumbrian burr
- northumbrians
- northupite
- northward
- northwarder
- northwardest
- northwardly
- northwards
- northwest
- Northwest Angle
- northwest by north
- northwest by west
- Northwest Coast Indian
- Northwest Passage
- Northwest Semitic
- northwest shipworm
- Northwest Territories
- northwester
- northwesterly
- northwestern
- northwestern anthracnose