limonene
nounHow to pronounce limonene:
Definition of limonene:
- limonene (noun):
- noun. a liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils.
- a widely distributed terpene hydrocarbon c10h16 that occurs in essential oils (as of oranges or lemons) and has a lemon odor
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