hexacosanoic acid

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   a white solid fatty acid found in waxes (such as beeswax)

   Synonymscerotic acid

   Broaderacid

Questions about hexacosanoic acid

What does hexacosanoic acid mean?

hexacosanoic acid means "a white solid fatty acid found in waxes (such as beeswax)".

What is another word for hexacosanoic acid?

Close synonyms include cerotic acid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hexacosanoic acid a common word?

hexacosanoic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.