pulvinone

== English == === Etymology === From pulvinic acid + -one. By surface analysis, pulvin- +‎ -one, from anagram of vulpinic acid, from Latin vulpinus (“of a fox”), from vulpes. === Noun === pulvinone (countable and uncountable, plural pulvinones) (organic chemistry) An aromatic hydroxy-butenolide, derivatives of which occur naturally in certain fungi and moulds. ==== Derived terms ==== aspulvinone