elaeoptene

== English == === Alternative forms === elaoptene eleoptene === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”). === Noun === elaeoptene (usually uncountable, plural elaeoptenes) (obsolete, chemistry) The more liquid or volatile portion of certain oily substances, such as rose oil. ==== Coordinate terms ==== stearoptene (the more solid parts) === References === “elaeoptene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.