HyperDic: hexadecanoic_acid

English > 1 sense of the expression hexadecanoic acid:
NOUNsubstancehexadecanoic acid, palmitic acida saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products
English > hexadecanoic acid: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA saturated fatty acid that is the major fat in meat and dairy products.
Synonympalmitic acid
Broadersaturated fatty acidA fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms
Substance ofdairy productmilk and butter and cheese
meatThe flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
Spanishácido hexadecanoico, ácido palmítico
Catalanàcid palmític

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