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menthones

menthones is the plural of menthone.

Meaning of menthone

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.

Questions about menthones

What is menthones the plural of?
Menthones is the plural of menthone.

Words near menthones in the dictionary

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

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