HyperDic: ricinoleic_acid

English > 1 sense of the expression ricinoleic acid:
NOUNsubstancericinoleic acidan oily fatty acid found in castor oil and used in soap
English > ricinoleic acid: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningAn oily fatty acid found in castor oil and used in soap.
Broaderunsaturated fatty acidA fatty acid whose carbon chain can absorb additional hydrogen atoms
Substance ofcastor oilA purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant
Spanishácido ricinoleico
Catalanàcid ricinoleic

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