C20H38

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Eikosylene \Ei*kos"y*lene\, n. [Gr. e'i`kosi twenty +
     acetylene.] (Chem.)
     A liquid hydrocarbon, {C20H38}, of the acetylene series,
     obtained from brown coal.
     [1913 Webster]