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DODECANOIC ACID
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)
Synonyms:
dodecanoic acid; lauric acid
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dodecanoic 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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