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English Dictionary: acrolein by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acrolein
n
  1. a pungent colorless unsaturated liquid aldehyde made from propene
    Synonym(s): propenal, acrolein
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Acrolein \A*cro"le*in\, n. [L. acer sharp + ol[c7]re to smell.]
      (Chem.)
      A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the
      dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of
      neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely
      irritating. --Watts.
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