Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A glycerol ester containing three oleic acid radicals. It is at ordinary temperatures a clear oily liquid, nearly colorless, and is the chief conatituent of all fatty oils.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) See
olein .
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- noun organic chemistry The
triglyceride ofoleic acid
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- noun a naturally occurring glyceride of oleic acid that is found in fats and oils
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Examples
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Oudemans it consists of 63\% triolein and 37\% tripalmin and tristearin; it is not poisonous.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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