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NOUN (1)

1. a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hexane \Hex"ane\, n. [Gr. "e`x six.] (Chem.) Any one of five hydrocarbons, C6H14, of the paraffin series. They are colorless, volatile liquids, and are so called because the molecule has six carbon atoms. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hexane n 1: a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent