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benzine (n.)

original name of benzene (q.v.). By 1864 as the name of a different substance, a colorless liquid obtained from the distillation of petroleum.

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benzene (n.)
clear, colorless liquid used as a solvent, 1835, benzine, altered from German Benzin, coined in 1833 by German chemist Eilhardt Mitscherlich (1794-1863) from Benz(oesäure) "benzoic acid" + -in, indicating "derived from" (see -ine (2)). Mitscherlich obtained it from a distillation of benzoic acid, obtained from benzoin. The form benzene (with hydrocarbon suffix -ene) was proposed in 1835 and began to be used from 1838 in English, but in mid-19c. it also commonly was called benzol with ending from alcohol.

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Definitions of benzine from WordNet

benzine (n.)
a colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly flammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds;
Synonyms: benzene / benzol
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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