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ricinolein

ricinolein noun: the glyceride of ricinoleic acid, present in castor oil.

Noun

ricinolein (countable and uncountable, plural ricinoleins)

  1. The glyceride of ricinoleic acid, present in castor oil.

Forms of ricinolein

pluralricinoleins

Origin of ricinolein

From Latin ricinus (“castor-oil plant”) + oleum (“oil”).

Questions about ricinolein

What does ricinolein mean?
Ricinolein means the glyceride of ricinoleic acid, present in castor oil.
What part of speech is ricinolein?
Ricinolein is a noun.
What is the plural of ricinolein?
The plural of ricinolein is ricinoleins.

Words near ricinolein in the dictionary

  1. ricinolates
  2. ricinoleate
  3. ricinoleates
  4. ricinoleic
  5. ricinoleic acid
  6. ricinolein
  7. ricinoleine
  8. ricinoleins
  9. ricinolic
  10. ricinosome
  11. ricinosomes

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