HyperDic: linoleic_acid

English > 1 sense of the expression linoleic acid:
NOUNsubstancelinoleic acid, linolic acida liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils
English > linoleic acid: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap.
Synonymlinolic acid
Broaderpolyunsaturated fatty acidAn unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule
Substance ofcorn oiloil from the germs of corn grains
linseed oil, flaxseed oilA drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints
soybean oil, soyabean oiloil from soya beans
Spanishácido linoleico
Catalanàcid linoleic

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