HyperDic: caproic_acid

English > 1 sense of the expression caproic acid:
NOUNsubstancecaproic acid, hexanoic acida fatty acid found in animal ... / animal oils and fats or made synthetically
English > caproic acid: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA fatty acid found in animal ... / animal oils and fats or made synthetically; smells like goats.
Synonymhexanoic acid
Broadersaturated fatty acidA fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms
Spanishácido caproico, ácido caprónico, ácido hexanoico
Catalanàcid hexanoic

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