"limonene" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: limonenes [plural]
Etymology: From German Limonen. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Limonen}} German Limonen Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} limonene (countable and uncountable, plural limonenes)
  1. (organic chemistry) A monoterpene hydrocarbon 1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-cyclohexene found in the essential oils of oranges, lemons and similar fruit, and mainly responsible for their fragrance Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic compounds Related terms: lemonene Translations (hydrocarbon): limonè [masculine] (Catalan), 薴烯 /苧烯 (ning⁴ hei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 薴烯 /苧烯 (níngxī) (Chinese Mandarin), 檸烯 /柠烯 (níngxī) (Chinese Mandarin), limoneeni (Finnish), limonene [masculine] (Italian), リモネン (rimonen) (Japanese), лимонен (limonen) (Kazakh), 리모넨 (rimonen) (Korean), limoneno [masculine] (Portuguese), лимонен (limonen) [masculine] (Russian)

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