Pro"pe*nyl (?), n. [Propene + -yl.] Chem.
A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical, C3H5, isomeric with allyl and glyceryl, and regarded as the essential residue of glycerin. Cf. Allyl, and Glyceryl.
© Webster 1913.
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