margaric acid

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English

Noun

margaric acid (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A saturated fatty acid, CH3(CH2)15COOH, that occurs only in very small amounts in natural oils and fats

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  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967