English Explanatory Dictionary

kavalactone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of lactone compounds found in the kava shrub.

Word forms

kavalactone kavalactones

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wakaʀ Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ Proto-Polynesian *kawa Tongan kavader. English kava Latin lacder. English lacto- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English lactone English kavalactone From kava + lactone.

Related words

kavapyrone
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