geosmin

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /d͡ʒiːˈɒz.mɪn/    美 /d͡ʒiˈɑz.mɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A bacterial derivative of decahydronaphthalene that has a strong earthy smell and is the material responsible for petrichor and for the earthy taste of beetroot. countable,uncountable
    — A good example of this is geosmin, for which a typical sensitivity for the human nose is below 10 parts per trillion (10 parts in 10¹⁸ v/v) (ppt).

词形变化

geosmins plural

词源

From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-, “earth”) + ὀσμή (osmḗ, “smell”) + -in.
Coined by American biochemist Nancy N. Gerber and French-American biologist Hubert A. Lechevalier in 1965.
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