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DODECANOIC ACID

Dictionary entry overview: What does dodecanoic acid mean?

• DODECANOIC ACID (noun)
The noun DODECANOIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)

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

Dictionary entry details

• DODECANOIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

dodecanoic acid; lauric acid

Hypernyms ("dodecanoic 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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