Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

ionone


io·none

noun \ˈī-ə-ˌnōn\

Definition of IONONE

: either of two oily liquid isomeric ketones C13H20O that have a strong odor of violets, are found especially in the essential oil of an Australian shrub (Boronia megastigma) but are usually obtained from citral, and are used especially in perfumes