aurone

English

Noun

aurone (countable and uncountable, plural aurones)

A heterocyclic chemical compound, a type of flavonoid, whose molecule contains a benzofuran element associated with a benzylidene linked in position 2.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin abrotonum. Doublet of abrotone.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /o.ʁɔn/

Noun

aurone f (plural aurones)

southernwood

References

“aurone” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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