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flavone definition

fla·vone (flā′vōn′)

noun

  1. a colorless crystalline ketone, CHO, obtained from certain plants or prepared synthetically: it forms a base for some yellow dyes
  2. any derivative of this compound

Etymology: Ger flavon < L flavus, yellow (< IE base *bhlē-wos, used of light colors > blue) + Ger -on, -one

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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