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Peppermint vs Pinacolone - What's the difference?

peppermint | pinacolone |

As nouns the difference between peppermint and pinacolone

is that peppermint is a hybrid herb of the mint family formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections while pinacolone is (organic chemistry) a ketone with a peppermint odour, used mainly in the synthesis of triazolylpinacolone to produce the fungicide triadimefon and in synthesis of the herbicide metribuzin.

peppermint

English

(wikipedia peppermint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hybrid herb of the mint family formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections.
  • A confection containing extract of peppermint.

    • Derived terms

    * peppermint stick

    pinacolone

    English

    Noun

  • (organic chemistry) A ketone with a peppermint odour, used mainly in the synthesis of triazolylpinacolone to produce the fungicide triadimefon and in synthesis of the herbicide metribuzin.

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