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butenolide

butenolide noun: the cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybut-2-enoic acid (one of the isomers of furanone); any of its derivatives.

Noun

butenolide (plural butenolides)

  1. The cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybut-2-enoic acid (one of the isomers of furanone); any of its derivatives

Forms of butenolide

pluralbutenolides

Questions about butenolide

What does butenolide mean?
Butenolide means the cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybut-2-enoic acid (one of the isomers of furanone); any of its derivatives.
What part of speech is butenolide?
Butenolide is a noun.
What is the plural of butenolide?
The plural of butenolide is butenolides.

Words near butenolide in the dictionary

  1. butenoate
  2. butenoates
  3. butenoic
  4. butenoic acid
  5. butenol
  6. butenolide
  7. butenolides
  8. butenols
  9. butenone
  10. butenoyl
  11. butenyl

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