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noun
Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties, and sometimes contribute to flavor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences
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noun
any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: phytochemical, pigment
History
From flavone + -oid, from Latin flāvus (“yellow”). Not related to flavor.
Across languages
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
