Xanthoxylene

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

  Xanthoxylene \Xan*thox"y*lene\, n. [See {Xanthoxylum}.] (Chem.)
     A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the
     seeds of a Japanese prickly ash ({Xanthoxylum pipertium}) as
     an aromatic oil.
     [1913 Webster]