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irones

irones is the plural of irone.

Meaning of irone

Noun

irone (plural irones)

  1. Any of several ketones, or a mixture of such, found in orris oil (oil extracted from iris roots), used as odorants in perfumes.
    • As is well known, Irone is the principal odoriferous constituent of Orris Butter, the essential oil obtained from Orris Root by steam distillation.1934, Drug and Cosmetic Industry, Volume 35, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 256

Questions about irones

What is irones the plural of?
Irones is the plural of irone.

Words near irones in the dictionary

  1. ironed
  2. ironed out
  3. ironedetate
  4. ironer
  5. ironers
  6. irones
  7. ironfield
  8. ironfields
  9. ironfisted
  10. ironfistedness
  11. ironfounder

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