| NOUN | substance | linolenic acid | a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils |
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| Meaning | A liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid. | |
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| Broader | omega-6 fatty acid, omega-6 | A polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning |
| Substance of | 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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