CAPRYLIC ACID

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A fatty acid having a rancid taste; found in butter and other fats and oils

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("caprylic acid" is a kind of...):

saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)

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