Undecane

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

  Hendecane \Hen"de*cane\, n. [Gr. "e`ndeka eleven.] (Chem.)
     A hydrocarbon, {C11H24}, of the paraffin series; -- so called
     because it has eleven atoms of carbon in each molecule.
     Called also {endecane}, {undecane}.
     [1913 Webster]



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

  Undecane \Un"de*cane\, n. [L. undecim eleven.] (Chem.)
     A liquid hydrocarbon, {C11H24}, of the methane series, found
     in petroleum; -- so called from its containing eleven carbon
     atoms in the molecule.
     [1913 Webster]