c30h50o2

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c30h50o2 - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Betulin \Bet"u*lin\, n. [L. betula birch tree.] (Chem.)
     a term originally applied to a substance obtained as a resin
     or tar by extraction from the outer bark of the common
     European white birch (Betula alba); now referring to the
     chemical compound (C30H50O2) having a
     cyclopentanophenanthrene ring system, which is the main
     constituent of that extract, and which may be obtained
     crystalline; -- called also birch camphor. --Watts.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]