pulvinone

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noun

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

OriginLatin vulpinus →
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Meanings

nounpulvinone (countable and uncountable, plural pulvinones)

plural pulvinones

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

Origin

  1. Latinvulpinus“of a fox”
  2. Englishpulvinone

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

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pulvinone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulvinone

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“pulvinone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulvinone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pulvinone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pulvinone.

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