Definitions for coumarins

coumarins cou·ma·rin

Spelling: [koo-muh-rin]
IPA: /ˈku mə rɪn/

Coumarins is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 718 anagrams from letters in coumarins (acimnorsu).

Definitions for coumarins

noun

  1. a fragrant crystalline substance, C 9 H 6 O 2 , obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, and certain other plants or prepared synthetically, used chiefly in soaps and perfumery.

Origin of coumarins

1820-30; French coumarine, equivalent to coumar(ou) tonka-bean tree (Spanish cumarú Portuguese Tupi cumaru) + -ine -in2

Examples for coumarins

coumarin, a white crystalline product found in Tonka beans, and prepared synthetically from salicylic acid.

These researches incidentally solved the constitution of coumarin, the odoriferous principle of woodruff.

Good hay should come out green and with the odour of coumarin—to which is due the scent of new-mown hay.

If coumarin is present, a brown, precipitate will form, and if stirred with a rod it will collect in dark green flecks.

coumarin, an extract from tonka beans, may be used in making the extract.

Word Value for coumarins
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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