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

1 sense of octadecanoic acid

Sense 1
stearic acid, octadecanoic acid -- (a waxy saturated fatty acid; occurs widely as a glyceride in animal and vegetable fats)
       => saturated fatty acid -- (a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats)