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flavanol

/ˈflæ.vəˌnɒl/

flavanol noun: any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton.

flavanol: any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton
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Noun

flavanol (plural flavanols)

  1. Any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton

Forms of flavanol

pluralflavanols

Words formed from flavanol

Questions about flavanol

What does flavanol mean?
Flavanol means any of a class of flavonoids that use the 2-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-3-ol molecular skeleton.
What part of speech is flavanol?
Flavanol is a noun.
How do you pronounce flavanol?
Flavanol is pronounced /ˈflæ.vəˌnɒl/.
What is the plural of flavanol?
The plural of flavanol is flavanols.

Words near flavanol in the dictionary

  1. flavanic
  2. flavanilin
  3. flavaniline
  4. flavanoid
  5. flavanoids
  6. flavanol
  7. flavanolic
  8. flavanols
  9. flavanone
  10. flavanones
  11. flavanonol

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