linolenic acid

1. 1.

   a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid

   Broaderomega-6 fatty acid

Questions about linolenic acid

What does linolenic acid mean?

linolenic acid means "a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid".

Is linolenic acid a common word?

linolenic 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.