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| ben·zo·in [ bénzō in, bén zòyn ] |
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toxic white solid: a toxic white crystalline solid occurring in natural resins or manufactured synthetically. Use: medications, perfumes, incense. C14H12O2
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| [Mid-16th century. Via French benjoin< Arabic lubānjāwī "incense from Sumatra"] |
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