desmolactone

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noun

The sex pheromone (4R,9Z)-hexadec-9-en-4-olide produced by some female beetles

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

noundesmolactone (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryThe sex pheromone (4R,9Z)-hexadec-9-en-4-olide produced by some female beetles
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