English Explanatory Dictionary

limonin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A limonoid found in orange and lemon seeds.

Word forms

limonin limonins

Etymology

From a putative combinative form of lemon + -in. (See also Old French lymon (“citrus”), Italian limone (“lemon”), both from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn).) Compare limonoid, limonene.

Related words

limonene limonoid
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