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butyrin

butyrin noun: the triglyceride of butyric acid; the principal constituent of butterfat.

Noun

butyrin (countable and uncountable, plural butyrins)

  1. The triglyceride of butyric acid; the principal constituent of butterfat

Forms of butyrin

pluralbutyrins

Words formed from butyrin

Questions about butyrin

What does butyrin mean?
Butyrin means the triglyceride of butyric acid; the principal constituent of butterfat.
What part of speech is butyrin?
Butyrin is a noun.
What is the plural of butyrin?
The plural of butyrin is butyrins.

Words near butyrin in the dictionary

  1. butyration
  2. butyrellite
  3. butyric
  4. butyric acid
  5. butyric acids
  6. butyrin
  7. butyrinase
  8. butyrine
  9. butyrins
  10. butyrivibriocin
  11. butyrivibriocins

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