flavanone
noun
fla·va·none
ˈflā-və-ˌnōn 
: any of various aromatic ketones that often occur in plants as glycosides and that constitute a subset of the flavonoids
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flavanone
noun
fla·va·none
ˈflā-və-ˌnōn
: a colorless crystalline ketone C15H12O2
also
: any of the derivatives of this ketone many of which occur in plants often in the form of glycosides
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