Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carvone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: car-vone
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A terpenoid found naturally in many essential oils, most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway and dill.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin carui (“caraway”) + -one, from Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā)).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: كَرَاوِيَا

Usage

Inflected Forms

carvones (plural)

Derived Forms

carvoxime eucarvone

Questions

What does carvone mean?: A terpenoid found naturally in many essential oils, most abundant in the oils from seeds of caraway and dill.
Where does carvone come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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