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limonin

limonin noun: a limonoid found in orange and lemon seeds.

limonin: a limonoid found in orange and lemon seeds
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Noun

limonin (usually uncountable, plural limonins)

  1. (usually) A limonoid found in orange and lemon seeds.

Forms of limonin

plurallimonins

Origin of limonin

From a putative combinative form of lemon + -in. (See also Old French lymon (“citrus”), Italian limone (“lemon”), both from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn).) Compare limonoid, limonene.

Questions about limonin

What does limonin mean?
Limonin means a limonoid found in orange and lemon seeds.
What part of speech is limonin?
Limonin is a noun.
What is the plural of limonin?
The plural of limonin is limonins.

Words near limonin in the dictionary

  1. limonid
  2. limonids
  3. limoniform
  4. limoniid
  5. limoniids
  6. limonin
  7. limonins
  8. limonitation
  9. limonite
  10. limonites
  11. limonitic

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