Category:Umbelliferone

Um`bel*lif"er*one, n. (chem.)

Defn: 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 umbelliferæ, as galbanum, Asafetida, etc. It is analogous to coumarin. Called also hydroxy- Coumarin.