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A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.

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  1. n. A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.
  2. n. a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis
  3. A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series, having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is produced artificially in various ways. Called also propene.
  4. A colorless gaseous hydrocarbon (C3H6) of the ethylene series,having a garlic odor. It occurs in coal gas, and is producedartificially in various ways. Called also propene.
  5. n:100 n. a flammable gas obtained by cracking petroleum; used in organic synthesis