Juglone

(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:36:38

Ju"glone (?), n. [L. juglans the walnut + -one.] Chem.

A yellow crystalline substance resembling quinone, extracted from green shucks of the walnut (Juglans regia); -- called also nucin.

 

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