linolic acid

1. 1.

   a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap

   Synonymslinoleic acid

   Broaderpolyunsaturated fatty acid

Questions about linolic acid

What does linolic acid mean?

linolic acid means "a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid abundant in plant fats and oils; a fatty acid essential for nutrition; used to make soap".

What is another word for linolic acid?

Close synonyms include linoleic 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 linolic acid a common word?

linolic 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.