heliotropin

[ hee-lee-uh-troh-pin, hee-lee-o-truh-pin ]
/ ˌhi li əˈtroʊ pɪn, ˌhi liˈɒ trə pɪn /

noun

Origin of heliotropin

First recorded in 1880–85; heliotrope + -in2

Example sentences from the Web for heliotropin

  • It has a strong characteristic odour, and occurs, associated with traces of benzoic acid and heliotropin, in the vanilla bean.

  • Heliotropin, which possesses the characteristic odour of heliotrope, is prepared artificially from safrol.

British Dictionary definitions for heliotropin

heliotropin
/ (ˌhiːlɪˈɒtrəpɪn) /

noun

another term for piperonal