Definition of "aldehydes" []

• Plural form of aldehyde. (noun)

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• "These compounds are called aldehydes, and they cause injury to body cells."
• "Adding to the discussion developing here, if you were to look at my holy grail list - the scents run the gamut from greens, to orientals, to florals, to aldehydes - in other words - I think its damn near impossible to create one scent to satisfy a perfumista on every level."
• "So she designed a scent that married sensual jasmine and musk with new fragrance chemicals called aldehydes that created the clean laundry smell she remembered from the convent."