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citronellal

citronellal noun: the monoterpenoid aldehyde 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-1-al responsible for the aroma of citronella oil.

Noun

citronellal (usually uncountable, plural citronellals)

  1. (usually) The monoterpenoid aldehyde 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-1-al responsible for the aroma of citronella oil

citronellal meaning in Tamil

citronellal in Tamil

சித்திரனிலால்

Forms of citronellal

pluralcitronellals

Questions about citronellal

What does citronellal mean?
Citronellal means the monoterpenoid aldehyde 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-1-al responsible for the aroma of citronella oil.
What is citronellal in Tamil?
Citronellal in Tamil is சித்திரனிலால். See Citronellal meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is citronellal?
Citronellal is a noun.
What is the plural of citronellal?
The plural of citronellal is citronellals.

Words near citronellal in the dictionary

  1. citronella circuit
  2. citronella grass
  3. citronella grasses
  4. citronella oil
  5. citronella oils
  6. citronellal
  7. citronellals
  8. citronellas
  9. citronelle
  10. citronellic
  11. citronellic acid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: citronellal (page history and authors); citronellal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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