Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hydrocarbon \Hy`dro*car"bon\, n. [Hydro-, 2 + carbon.] (Chem.)
   A compound containing only hydrogen and carbon, as methane,
   benzene, etc.; also, by extension, any of their derivatives.

   {Hydrocarbon burner}, {furnace}, {stove}, a burner, furnace,
      or stove with which liquid fuel, as petroleum, is used.

Source : WordNet®

hydrocarbon
     n : an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen