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  1. umbelliferone(Noun)

    A yellowish-white natural product of the coumarin family, occurring in such plants as carrot and coriander.

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  1. Umbelliferone(noun)

    a tasteless white crystalline substance, C9H6O3, found in the bark of a certain plant (Daphne Mezereum), and also obtained by the distillation of certain gums from the Umbelliferae, as galbanum, asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy-coumarin


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