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STEARIC 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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stearic 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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