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styrene
styrene [ st reen ]


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