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PROPENAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
Synonyms:
acrolein; propenal
Classified under:
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)