OCTADECANOIC ACID

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats

Synonyms:

octadecanoic acid; stearic acid

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("octadecanoic 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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