FLAVONE

flavone

(noun) a colorless crystalline compound that is part of a number of white or yellow plant pigments

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

flavone (countable and uncountable, plural flavones)

(organic chemistry) any of a class of tricyclic aromatic heterocyclic ketones, especially the naturally occurring flavonoids

Source: Wiktionary



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28 April 2024

POLYGENIC

(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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