Acrolein

Origin

From Latin acer "sharp" + olere "to smell"

Full definition of acrolein

Noun

1. (organic compound) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.

Synonyms

• acrylaldehyde
• propenal

Derived terms

• acrolein cyanohydrin
• acrolein dimer
• acrolein test
• metacrolein

Anagrams

• Caroline
• colinear
• Cornelia
• lonicera