"hydrocarbon" meaning in English

See hydrocarbon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: hydrocarbon [singular], hydrocarbons [plural]
Etymology: hydro- + carbon Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|hydro|carbon}} hydro- + carbon Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A chemical compound made out of carbon and hydrogen. Other elements could also be included.
    Sense id: simple-hydrocarbon-en-noun-51gkmm1O Categories (other): Chemistry
  2. CₓH_y,and y is even number.
    Sense id: simple-hydrocarbon-en-noun-rO-IG~7P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with hydro-
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