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The monovalent radical, CH₂=CHCH₂—.

- a. alcohol a colorless liquid of pungent odor used in making resins and plasticizers; highly irritating to mucous membranes and readily absorbed, causing depression and coma. SYN: vinyl carbinol.

- a. cyanide found in some mustard oil s.

- a. isothiocyanate obtained from Brassica nigra by the action of water on sinigrin and myrosin or produced synthetically; a vesicant, used in 10% solution in 50% alcohol as a counterirritant in neuralgia. Gives mustard its characteristic flavor and aroma. SEE ALSO: mustard oil. SYN: volatile mustard oil.

- a. sulfide a constituent of garlic oil used in the manufacture of flavors.

al·lyl 'al-əl n, often attrib an unsaturated monovalent radical C₃H₅ compounds of which are found in the oils of garlic and mustard

al·lyl·ic ə-'lil-ik, a- adj