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cinnamone

cinnamone noun: a yellow crystalline substance, (C₆H₅.C₂H₂)₂CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.

Noun

cinnamone (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A yellow crystalline substance, (C₆H₅.C₂H₂)₂CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.

Origin of cinnamone

From cinnamic + -one.

Questions about cinnamone

What does cinnamone mean?
Cinnamone means a yellow crystalline substance, (C₆H₅.C₂H₂)₂CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.
What part of speech is cinnamone?
Cinnamone is a noun.

Words near cinnamone in the dictionary

  1. cinnamon wattle
  2. cinnamon-breasted tit
  3. cinnamon-breasted tits
  4. cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaner
  5. cinnamon-rumped foliage-gleaners
  6. cinnamone
  7. cinnamoned
  8. cinnamonic
  9. cinnamonier
  10. cinnamoniest
  11. cinnamonlike

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