linoleic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of, or derived from linoleum, or linseed oil
designating an organic fatty acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as an ester of glycerol in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts; it is a polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and two double bonds.

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linoleic

From Latin linum (“flax”) + oleic acid, for saturating its omega-6 double bond produces oleic acid.

oleic acid linolenic acid

linoleate linoleic acid linolenic linoxin

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