"flavone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfleɪvəʊn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-flavone.wav [Southern-England] Forms: flavones [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flāvus German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English flavone From Latin flāvus (“yellow”) + -one, as many are yellow in nature. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|la:flāvus|-one|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin flāvus German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English flavone [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Keton", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "de" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "ketone", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-one", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "flavone", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="flavone">, {{der|en|la|flāvus||yellow}} Latin flāvus (“yellow”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} flavone (countable and uncountable, plural flavones)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of tricyclic aromatic heterocyclic ketones, especially the naturally occurring flavonoids. Tags: countable, uncountable

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