Jasmoline
/ˈdʒæz.mə.liːn/noun
A naturally occurring insecticidal compound found in pyrethrum flowers.
Did you know?Jasmoline belongs to the pyrethrins, compounds whose insecticidal activity helped inspire modern synthetic pyrethroid pesticides.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic / early Semitic
Semitic
*yāsamīn
“A jasmine plant or its fragrant flower; the reconstructed source behind later jasmine words.”
Medieval Arabic
Arabic
yāsamīn
“Jasmine, a strongly scented flowering plant.”
Medieval Persian
Persian
yāsamīn
“Jasmine; Persian helped transmit the word across neighboring languages.”
13th–14th Century
Old French
jasmin / jessemin
“Jasmine, borrowed through Arabic and related eastern forms.”
16th Century
English
jasmine
“The fragrant flowering plant; English adopted the word from French.”
20th Century
Scientific English
jasmoline
“A chemical name formed from the jasmine-related stem jasmol-/jasm- with a scientific suffix, referring to a pyrethrin constituent.”