limonene

See also: limonène

English

Etymology

From German Limonen.

Noun

limonene (countable and uncountable, plural limonenes)

1. (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

• Catalan: limonè m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 薴烯／苧烯 (ning⁴ hei¹)

  Mandarin: 薴烯／苧烯 (níngxī), 檸烯／柠烯 (níngxī)

• Finnish: limoneeni
• Italian: limonene (it) m
• Japanese: リモネン (rimonen)
• Kazakh: лимонен (limonen)
• Korean: 리모넨 (rimonen)
• Portuguese: limoneno m
• Russian: лимонен (ru) m (limonen)

See also

• lemonene