n.
Pronunciation: ' fl ā - ˌ v ō n
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Latin flavus
Date: 1897
: a colorless crystalline aromatic ketone C 15 H 10 O 2 found in the leaves, stems, and seed capsules of many primroses also : any of the derivatives of this ketone many of which occur as yellow plant pigments in the form of glycosides and are used as dyestuffs