Etymology: < Latin austrālisaustraladj. + -enecomb. form.
Chemistry.
The chief constituent of English turpentine-oils, prepared from the turpentine of Pinus australis, which turns the plane of polarization to the right; also called austraterebenthene.
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1863 in H. Watts Dict. Chem. V. 921.
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