CYANOHYDRIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cyanohydrin mean? 

• CYANOHYDRIN (noun)
  The noun CYANOHYDRIN has 1 sense:

1. any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom

  Familiarity information: CYANOHYDRIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYANOHYDRIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cyanohydrin" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)