| NOUN | substance | linoleic acid, linolic acid | a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils |
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| Meaning | A liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap. | |
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| Synonym | linolic acid | |
| Broader | polyunsaturated fatty acid | An unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule |
| Substance of | corn oil | oil from the germs of corn grains |
| linseed oil, flaxseed oil | A drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints | |
| soybean oil, soyabean oil | oil from soya beans | |
| Spanish | ácido linoleico | |
| Catalan | àcid linoleic | |
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