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styrene
sty·rene [ st rn ]


noun 
Definition:
 
chemical used in plastics: a colorless flammable liquid hydrocarbon. Use: manufacture of synthetic rubber, plastic. C8H8
[Late 19th century. < Latin styrax (see styrax)]
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