BUTYRIN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of three glycerides of butyric acid

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("butyrin" is a kind of...):

glyceryl ester (an ester of glycerol)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butyrin"):

tributyrin (a bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid; a form of butyrin)

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