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Definition of: coumarin
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′mə·rin) noun Chem.
A fragrant crystalline compound, C9H6O2, contained in Tonka beans, sweet clover, and other plants, and also made synthetically: used as a flavor extract and in perfumery: also spelled cumarin. [<F coumarine <coumarou Tonka bean]
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