umbelliferone

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noun

A yellowish-white natural product of the coumarin family, occurring in such plants as carrot and coriander.

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7-hydroxycoumarin
OriginEnglish ketone ← German Keton ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? →
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Meanings

nounumbelliferone (countable and uncountable, plural umbelliferones)

plural umbelliferones

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA yellowish-white natural product of the coumarin family, occurring in such plants as carrot and coriander.

    Synonyms: 7-hydroxycoumarin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA yellowish-white natural product of the coumarin family, occurring in such plants as carrot and coriander.

Similar
7-hydroxycoumarin

Origin

  1. Englishumbel
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  4. Proto-Italic*ferō
  5. Latinferō
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  8. Englishumbellifer(ous)
  9. GermanKeton
  10. Englishketone
  11. Englishumbelliferone

From umbellifer(ous) + -one.

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APA

umbelliferone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbelliferone

MLA

“umbelliferone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbelliferone. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “umbelliferone,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/umbelliferone.

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