heveëne Chem.
(ˈhiːviːiːn)
[f. Hevea name of the S. American genus of plants yielding caoutchouc + -ene.]
An oily hydrocarbon, C4H4, of amber-yellow colour; the least volatile product of the dry distillation of caoutchouc and gutta-percha.
| 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 701 Heveëne is an oily body. 1855–7 W. A. Miller Elem. Chem. (1867) III. 656. |