oleic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.

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oleic acid oleïc acid

cis-octadecenoic acid

linoleum olein oleo oleo- oleomargarine oleo oil petroleum petroselinic acid

azoleic acid linoleic oleate ricinoleic acid

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