HyperDic: dodecanoic_acid

English > 1 sense of the expression dodecanoic acid:
NOUNsubstancedodecanoic acid, lauric acida crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut ... / coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)
English > dodecanoic acid: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut ... / coconut oil and palm-kernel oil).
Synonymlauric acid
Broadersaturated fatty acidA fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms
Spanishácido láurico
Catalanàcid làuric

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