HyperDic: linolenic_acid

English > 1 sense of the expression linolenic acid:
NOUNsubstancelinolenic acida liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils
English > linolenic acid: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid.
Broaderomega-6 fatty acid, omega-6A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning
Substance oflinseed 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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