Meanings
plural coumarins · alternative coumarine
- countableuncountablechemistryThe bicyclic aromatic compound 1,2-benzopyrone or any of its derivatives.
Coumarin's spicy, balsamic, and sweet vanilla scent is valued by perfume and flavor industries, but it may also add a hint of tobacco to a perfume blend or enhance lavender in a scent.
2022, Elise Vernon Pearlstine, Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 2171 more example
The postulated mechanism for the reaction of coumarin 4 as an antioxidant, as indicated in Fig 3, relies on the mercapto hydrogen atom (bold), which is under the influence of resonance and inductive effects.
2015 July 6, “Hydrogen Peroxide Scavenging Activity of Novel Coumarins Synthesized Using Different Approaches”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Frenchcoumarine
- Englishcoumarin
From coumarou (“tonka bean, Dipteryx odorata (syn. Coumarouna odorata)”) + -in, or from French coumarine.
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Bulgarian кумарин
- кумарин (kumarin)aromatic compound
Catalan cumarina
- cumarinaaromatic compound
Finnish kumariini
- kumariiniaromatic compound
French coumarine
- coumarinearomatic compound
German Kumarin
- Kumarinaromatic compound
Italian cumarina
- cumarinaaromatic compound
Korean 쿠마린
- 쿠마린 (kumarin)aromatic compound
Polish kumaryna
- kumarynaaromatic compound
Portuguese cumarina
- cumarinaaromatic compound
Spanish cumarina
- cumarinaaromatic compound
Swedish kumarin
- kumarinaromatic compound
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coumarin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coumarin
“coumarin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coumarin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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