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menthone

menthone noun: a minty-flavoured monoterpenoid ketone that is used in perfumery, cosmetics and flavouring.

Noun

menthone (countable and uncountable, plural menthones)

  1. A minty-flavoured monoterpenoid ketone that is used in perfumery, cosmetics and flavouring.
    • Menthone occurs naturally in a number of essential oils and exists as four possible stereoisomers.
    • Upon oxidation, menthol yields the ketone menthone.1894, Edward Kremers, Leo C. Urban, “Hydrocymenes and Derivatives”, in Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Volume 42, American Pharmaceutical Association, page 261

Forms of menthone

pluralmenthones

Words formed from menthone

Questions about menthone

What does menthone mean?
Menthone means a minty-flavoured monoterpenoid ketone that is used in perfumery, cosmetics and flavouring.
What part of speech is menthone?
Menthone is a noun.
What is the plural of menthone?
The plural of menthone is menthones.

Words near menthone in the dictionary

  1. mentholate
  2. mentholated
  3. mentholates
  4. mentholation
  5. menthols
  6. menthone
  7. menthones
  8. Menthorpe
  9. menthyl
  10. menthylamine
  11. menthylamines

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