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margaric acid

margaric acid noun: a saturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₁₅COOH, that occurs only in very small amounts in natural oils and fats.

Noun

margaric acid (uncountable)

  1. A saturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₁₅COOH, that occurs only in very small amounts in natural oils and fats

Synonyms of margaric acid

Words formed from margaric acid

Questions about margaric acid

What does margaric acid mean?
Margaric acid means a saturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₁₅COOH, that occurs only in very small amounts in natural oils and fats.
What part of speech is margaric acid?
Margaric acid is a noun.

Words near margaric acid in the dictionary

  1. Margaretta
  2. Margarette
  3. Margaretting
  4. Margaretville
  5. margaric
  6. margaric acid
  7. margarin
  8. margarine
  9. margarined
  10. margarineless
  11. margarinelike

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