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pulvinone

pulvinone noun: an aromatic hydroxy-butenolide, derivatives of which occur naturally in certain fungi and moulds.

Noun

pulvinone (countable and uncountable, plural pulvinones)

  1. An aromatic hydroxy-butenolide, derivatives of which occur naturally in certain fungi and moulds.

Forms of pulvinone

pluralpulvinones

Origin of pulvinone

From pulvinic acid + -one. By surface analysis, pulvin- + -one, from anagram of vulpinic acid, from Latin vulpinus (“of a fox”), from vulpes.

Words formed from pulvinone

Questions about pulvinone

What does pulvinone mean?
Pulvinone means an aromatic hydroxy-butenolide, derivatives of which occur naturally in certain fungi and moulds.
What part of speech is pulvinone?
Pulvinone is a noun.
What is the plural of pulvinone?
The plural of pulvinone is pulvinones.

Words near pulvinone in the dictionary

  1. pulvinitids
  2. pulvino
  3. pulvinocortical
  4. pulvinoid
  5. pulvinoids
  6. pulvinone
  7. pulvinones
  8. pulvinos
  9. pulvinular
  10. pulvinuli
  11. pulvinulus

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