limonene

See also: limonène

English

Noun

limonene (countable and uncountable, plural limonenes)

(organic chemistry) A monoterpene hydrocarbon 1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-cyclohexene found in the essential oils of oranges, lemons and similar fruit, and mainly responsible for their fragrance

Translations

hydrocarbon

Chinese:
Cantonese: 薴烯, 苧烯 (ning⁴ hei¹)

Mandarin: 薴烯, 苧烯 (níngxī)
Japanese: リモネン (rimonen)

Korean: 리모넨 (rimonen)
Portuguese: limoneno m
Russian: лимонен (ru) m (limonen)

See also

lemonene

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