FLAVONE


Meaning of FLAVONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈflā-ˌvōn ]

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

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