HyperDic: butanoic_acid

English > 1 sense of the expression butanoic acid:
NOUNsubstancebutanoic acid, butyric acidan unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter
English > butanoic acid: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningAn unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter.
Synonymbutyric acid
Narrowerhydroxybutyric acid, oxybutyric acidhydroxy derivative of butyric acid
Broadersaturated fatty acidA fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms
Spanishácido butanoico, ácido butírico
Catalanàcid butíric

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