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Hecdecane
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34, of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; - called also hexadecane.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hecdecane'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hecdecane.html. 1828.