| NOUN | substance | oleic acid | a colorless oily liquid / liquid occurring as a glyceride |
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| Meaning | A colorless oily liquid / liquid occurring as a glyceride; it is the major fatty acid in olive oil and canola oil; used in making soap and cosmetics and ointments and lubricating oils. | |
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| Broader | monounsaturated fatty acid | An unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has one double or triple valence bond per molecule |
| Substance of | canola oil, canola | vegetable oil made from rapeseed |
| olive oil | oil from olives | |
| Spanish | ácido oleico | |
| Catalan | àcid oleic | |
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