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BUTYRIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does butyrin mean?
• BUTYRIN (noun)
The noun BUTYRIN has 1 sense:
1. any of three glycerides of butyric acid
Familiarity information: BUTYRIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of three glycerides of butyric acid
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("butyrin" is a kind of...):
glyceryl ester (an ester of glycerol)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "butyrin"):
tributyrin (a bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid; a form of butyrin)
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