especially: a colorless crystalline terpene C10H16 used in insecticides
Word History
First Known Use
1834, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
camphene
noun
cam·phene ˈkam-ˌfēn
: any of several terpenes related to camphor
especially: a colorless crystalline terpene C10H16 found in three optically different forms in several essential oils, made synthetically from pinene, and used in insecticides