Sequoiene

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

  Sequoiene \Se*quoi"ene\, n. (Chem.)
     A hydrocarbon ({C13H10}) obtained in white fluorescent
     crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the
     California "big tree" ({Sequoia gigantea}).
     [1913 Webster]