Word.ws English Dictionary

farnesene

farnesene noun: any of six sesquiterpenes, one of which is responsible for the green colour of apples.

Noun

farnesene (countable and uncountable, plural farnesenes)

  1. Any of six sesquiterpenes, one of which is responsible for the green colour of apples.

Forms of farnesene

pluralfarnesenes

Origin of farnesene

From farnesol + -ene. Ultimately, from Farnese acacia, its original plant source.

Questions about farnesene

What does farnesene mean?
Farnesene means any of six sesquiterpenes, one of which is responsible for the green colour of apples.
What part of speech is farnesene?
Farnesene is a noun.
What is the plural of farnesene?
The plural of farnesene is farnesenes.

Words near farnesene in the dictionary

  1. Farner
  2. Farners
  3. farnesal
  4. farnesals
  5. farnesane
  6. farnesene
  7. farnesenes
  8. farnesoate
  9. farnesoates
  10. farnesoic
  11. farnesoic acid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: farnesene (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “farnesene.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/farnesene. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.