pyrone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of cyclic chemical compounds that contain an unsaturated six-membered ring with two double bonds, one oxygen atom and a ketone functional group.

Word forms

pyrone pyrones

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English pyrone From pyro- + -one.

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