The story
From being a melon-scented aldehyde (-al) with an unsaturated (-en-) seven-carbon-atom backbone chain (hept-).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
melon heptenal
Today it means: Synonym of melonal. Full definition →
Today it means: Synonym of melonal. Full definition →
From being a melon-scented aldehyde (-al) with an unsaturated (-en-) seven-carbon-atom backbone chain (hept-).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.