aurone

aurone (countable and uncountable, plural aurones)

1. (organic chemistry) A flavonoid that contains a benzofuran element associated with a benzylidene linked in position 2

Borrowed from Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin abrotonum. Doublet of abrotone.

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɔn/

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aurone f (plural aurones)

1. southernwood

   Synonym: citronnelle

• “aurone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.