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    OCTADECANOIC ACID

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fatsplay

    Synonyms:

    octadecanoic acid; stearic acid

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    Nouns denoting substances

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

    saturated fatty acid (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)

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