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Definitions

Suffix

1. 1
   Synonym of -ene morpheme
2. 2
   used to form the names of bivalent radicals morpheme

Synonyms

All synonyms

ene

Etymology

From ethylene and amylene, where the -yl- is etymological. Sense 2 from -yl + -ene.

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