Word: Acrolein
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century. From German Acrolein from classical Latin ācris sharp, pungent + olēre to smell + German -in
Definition:
A colourless, acrid, liquid aldehyde obtained by dehydration of glycerol, used for making plastics and as an aquatic herbicide.
Variant Forms:
- acroleine
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