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    LINOLIC ACID

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    linoleic acid; linolic acid

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    Nouns denoting substances

    Hypernyms ("linolic acid" is a kind of...):

    polyunsaturated fatty acid (an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil)

    Holonyms ("linolic acid" is a substance of...):

    corn oil (oil from the germs of corn grains)

    soyabean oil; soybean oil (oil from soya beans)

    flaxseed oil; linseed oil (a drying oil extracted from flax seed and used in making such things as oil paints)

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