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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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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)