Căm'/pho-gen, n.

n. [From N. Lat. camphora, and Gr. γέγειν, γείγεσθαι, to bring forth, because formed by combination.] (Chem.) A product of the distillation of common camphor with dry phosphoric acid. It is a hydro-carbon, consisting of twenty parts of carbon, and fourteen of hydrogen; — called also camphene. Gregory.