lauric acid

Definitions of lauric acid
  1. noun
    a crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil)
    synonyms: dodecanoic acid
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    type 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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