limonene

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Wikipedia limonene (countable and uncountable; plural limonenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) A monoterpene hydrocarbon 1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-cyclohexene found in the essential oils of oranges, lemons and similar fruit, and mainly responsible for their fragrance

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