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An ester of glycerol and palmitic acid
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palmitin
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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 ...
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n. an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid
Usage examples of palmitin.
It also contains palmitin, stearin and myristin, with glyceride of linoleic acid.