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PROPENYL ALCOHOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An unsaturated primary alcohol present in wood spirit; use to make resins and plasticizers and pharmaceuticals
Synonyms:
allyl alcohol; propenyl alcohol
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("propenyl alcohol" is a kind of...):
alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
Holonyms ("propenyl alcohol" is a substance of...):
methanol; methyl alcohol; wood alcohol; wood spirit (a light volatile flammable poisonous liquid alcohol; used as an antifreeze and solvent and fuel and as a denaturant for ethyl alcohol)
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