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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
acrolein
 
SYLLABICATION:a·cro·le·in
PRONUNCIATION:  -krl-n
NOUN: A colorless, flammable, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH2CHCHO, having an acrid odor and vapors irritating to the eyes.
ETYMOLOGY: acr(id) + olein.
 
 
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