muscone

or mus·kone

[ muhs-kohn ]
/ ˈmʌs koʊn /

noun Chemistry.

an oily, very slightly water-soluble, large cyclic ketone containing a 15-membered ring, C16H30O, obtained from musk: used in the perfume industry.

Origin of muscone

< Late Latin musc(us) musk + -one

Words nearby muscone

muscleman, muscles of auditory ossicles, muscles of eyeball, muscles of head, muscles of mastication, muscone, muscovado, muscovite, muscovy, muscovy duck, muscular