hexane

English Thesaurus

1. a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	alkane, alkane series, methane series, paraffin, paraffin series,
definition	:	a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2) (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent, solvent,
definition	:	a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances (noun.substance)