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umbelliferone

umbelliferone noun: a yellowish-white natural product of the coumarin family, occurring in such plants as carrot and coriander.

Noun

umbelliferone (countable and uncountable, plural umbelliferones)

  1. A yellowish-white natural product of the coumarin family, occurring in such plants as carrot and coriander.
    Synonyms:
    7-hydroxycoumarin

Synonyms of umbelliferone

  • 7-hydroxycoumarin

Forms of umbelliferone

pluralumbelliferones

Origin of umbelliferone

From umbellifer(ous) + -one.

Words formed from umbelliferone

Questions about umbelliferone

What does umbelliferone mean?
Umbelliferone means a yellowish-white natural product of the coumarin family, occurring in such plants as carrot and coriander.
What part of speech is umbelliferone?
Umbelliferone is a noun.
What is the plural of umbelliferone?
The plural of umbelliferone is umbelliferones.

Words near umbelliferone in the dictionary

  1. umbellets
  2. umbellic
  3. umbellic acid
  4. umbellifer
  5. umbelliferon
  6. umbelliferone
  7. umbelliferones
  8. umbelliferous
  9. umbellifers
  10. umbelliferyl
  11. umbelliferyls

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