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

1 sense of polyunsaturated fat

Sense 1
polyunsaturated fat -- (a class of fats having long carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated with hydrogen atoms; used in some margarines; supposedly associated with low blood cholesterol)
       => fat -- (a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat")