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DECANOIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decanoic acid mean? 

DECANOIC ACID (noun)
  The noun DECANOIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goatsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DECANOIC ACID (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A fatty acid found in animal oils and fats; has an unpleasant smell resembling goats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

capric acid; decanoic acid

Hypernyms ("decanoic 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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