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LINOLIC ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap
Synonyms:
linoleic acid; linolic acid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("linolic acid" is a kind of...):
polyunsaturated fatty acid (an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil)
Holonyms ("linolic acid" is a substance of...):
corn oil (oil from the germs of corn grains)
soyabean oil; soybean oil (oil from soya beans)
flaxseed oil; linseed oil (a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints)
