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Word: linoleic (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Adjective:

  • chemistry designating an organic fatty acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as an ester of glycerol in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts; it is a polyunsaturated fatty acid with 18 carbon atoms and two double bonds.
  • Of, or derived from linoleum, or linseed oil

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