ricinoleic acid

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   an oily fatty acid found in castor oil and used in soap

   Broaderunsaturated fatty acid

Questions about ricinoleic acid

What does ricinoleic acid mean?

ricinoleic acid means "an oily fatty acid found in castor oil and used in soap".

Is ricinoleic acid a common word?

ricinoleic 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.