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Answer for the clue "An ester of glycerol and palmitic acid ", 8 letters:
palmitin

Word definitions for palmitin in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) A solid crystallizable fat, found in animal and vegetable tissues, that is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Palmitin \Pal"mi*tin\, n. [So called because abundant in palm oil.] (Physiol. Chem.) A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal tissues, with olein and butyrin in ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid

Usage examples of palmitin.

It also contains palmitin, stearin and myristin, with glyceride of linoleic acid.