Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun lauric_acid

1 sense of lauric acid

Sense 1
lauric acid, dodecanoic acid -- (a crystalline fatty acid occurring as glycerides in natural fats and oils (especially coconut oil and palm-kernel oil))
       => saturated fatty acid -- (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)