POLYUNSATURATED FAT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A class of fats having long carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated with hydrogen atoms; used in some margarines; supposedly associated with low blood cholesterol

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("polyunsaturated fat" is a kind of...):

fat (a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides))

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