acyl group

English Thesaurus

1. any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	chemical group, group, radical,
definition	:	(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical,
definition	:	the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-) (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	foryml,
definition	:	(chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes (noun.substance)