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• A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; - so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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• A hydrocarbon, C23H48, of the methane series, resembling paraffin; - so called because it has twenty-three atoms of carbon in the molecule.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.