muscone

or mus·kone

[ muhs-kohn ]

nounChemistry.
  1. 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

1
<Late Latin musc(us) musk + -one

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