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zerumbone

zerumbone noun: a cyclic sesquiterpene (2E,6E,10E)-2,6,9,9-tetramethylcycloundeca-2,6,10-trien-1-one present in Zingiber zerumbet.

Noun

zerumbone (uncountable)

  1. A cyclic sesquiterpene (2E,6E,10E)-2,6,9,9-tetramethylcycloundeca-2,6,10-trien-1-one present in Zingiber zerumbet.

Questions about zerumbone

What does zerumbone mean?
Zerumbone means a cyclic sesquiterpene (2E,6E,10E)-2,6,9,9-tetramethylcycloundeca-2,6,10-trien-1-one present in Zingiber zerumbet.
What part of speech is zerumbone?
Zerumbone is a noun.

Words near zerumbone in the dictionary

  1. Zertuches
  2. Zerubbabel
  3. Zeruiah
  4. zerumbet
  5. zerumbeth
  6. zerumbone
  7. zervamicin
  8. Zervanism
  9. Zervanite
  10. Zervanites
  11. Zervas

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