Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ionone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ionone
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a series of closely related aromatic chemical substances that are part of a group of compounds known as rose ketones, including damascones and damascenones, found in a variety of essential oils.

Inflected Forms

ionones (plural)

Questions

What does ionone mean?: Any of a series of closely related aromatic chemical substances that are part of a group of compounds known as rose ketones, including damascones and damascenones, found in a variety of essential oils.

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