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carvone

carvone noun: a terpenoid found naturally in many essential oils, most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway and dill.

Noun

carvone (countable and uncountable, plural carvones)

  1. A terpenoid found naturally in many essential oils, most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway and dill.

Forms of carvone

pluralcarvones

Origin of carvone

From Latin carui (“caraway”) + -one, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā)).

Words formed from carvone

Questions about carvone

What does carvone mean?
Carvone means a terpenoid found naturally in many essential oils, most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway and dill.
What part of speech is carvone?
Carvone is a noun.
What is the plural of carvone?
The plural of carvone is carvones.

Words near carvone in the dictionary

  1. carvol
  2. carvols
  3. carvomenthene
  4. carvomenthol
  5. carvomenthone
  6. carvone
  7. carvones
  8. carvotanacetone
  9. carvoxime
  10. Carwarp
  11. carwash

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