flavone
English
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Etymology
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Noun
flavone (countable and uncountable, plural flavones)
- (organic chemistry) any of a class of tricyclic aromatic heterocyclic ketones, especially the naturally occurring flavonoids
Italian
Noun
flavone m (plural flavoni)