Styrone


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Sty´rone


n.1.(Chem.) A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; - properly called cinnamic alcohol or styryl alcohol.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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