Limonin

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A limonoid found in orange and lemon seeds. uncountable, usually

Etymology

From a putative combinative form of lemon + -in. (See also Old French lymon (“citrus”), Italian limone (“lemon”), both from Arabic لَيْمُون (laymūn).) Compare limonoid, limonene.

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