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Definition: CESPITINE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Cespitine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Cespitine \Ces"pi*tine\, noun. [Latin expression caespes, caespitis, turf.]. (references)

Definition: CESPITINE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CESPITINE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Cespitine \Ces"pi*tine\, noun. [Latin expression caespes, caespitis, turf.]. (references)