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olein

[ oh-lee-in ]
/ ˈoʊ li ɪn /
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noun Chemistry.

Also called glyceryl trioleate, triolein. a colorless to yellowish, oily, water-insoluble liquid, C57H104O6, the triglyceride of oleic acid, present in many vegetable oils.
the oily or lower-melting fractions of a fat as distinguished from the solid or higher-melting constituents.

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Origin of olein

1830–40; <French oléine, equivalent to olé- (<Latin oleumoil) + -ine-in2

Words nearby olein

olefin fiber, olefin series, oleic, oleic acid, oleiferous, olein, Olekma, Olenek, oleo, oleograph, oleomargarine
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olein
/ (ˈəʊlɪɪn) /

noun

another name for triolein

Word Origin for olein

C19: from French oléine, from Latin oleum oil + -in
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