PROPENAL

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene

Synonyms:

acrolein; propenal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("propenal" is a kind of...):

aldehyde (any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids)

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