oleic acid is a noun meaning "a colorless oily 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". It carries one recorded sense.
a colorless oily 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
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for oleic acid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.
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