Word
aldehyde, n.
(aldehydes)
any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids
<noun.substance>
aldehyde
semantic pointers
hypernym
organic compound
hyponym
paraldehyde, ethanal trimer
acetaldehyde, ethanal
formaldehyde, methanal
furfural, furfuraldehyde
glyceraldehyde, glyceric aldehyde
propanal, propionaldehyde
propenal, acrolein