triglyceride
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1. glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | acylglycerol, glyceride, |
| definition | : | an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils (noun.substance) |
| substance meronym | : | fat, |
| definition | : | a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) (noun.substance) |
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