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HEPTADECANOIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heptadecanoic acid mean? 

HEPTADECANOIC ACID (noun)
  The noun HEPTADECANOIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a colorless crystalline synthetic fatty acidplay

  Familiarity information: HEPTADECANOIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEPTADECANOIC ACID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless crystalline synthetic fatty acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

heptadecanoic acid; margaric acid

Hypernyms ("heptadecanoic 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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