English Explanatory Dictionary

pulvinone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aromatic hydroxy-butenolide, derivatives of which occur naturally in certain fungi and moulds.

Word forms

pulvinone pulvinones

Etymology

From pulvinic acid + -one. By surface analysis, pulvin- + -one, from anagram of vulpinic acid, from Latin vulpinus (“of a fox”), from vulpes.

Derived words

aspulvinone
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