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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A colorless oily aromatic aldehyde, C7H6O, obtained naturally, as from the bitter almond, or made synthetically and used in perfumes and as a solvent and a flavoring.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The oil of bitter almonds, C6 H5COH, a colorless liquid having a pleasant odor and soluble in water.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry, uncountable A chemical compound (C6H5CHO) consisting of a benzene ring with an aldehyde substituent.
  • noun countable Any of various derivatives of benzaldehyde.

Etymologies

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benz- +‎ aldehyde

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