Associations to the word «Flavonoid»

Wiktionary

FLAVONOID, noun. (chemistry) Any of many compounds that are plant metabolites, being formally derived from flavone; they have antioxidant properties.

Dictionary definition

FLAVONOID, noun. Any of a large class of plant pigments having a chemical structure based on or similar to flavone.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats