olein

[ oh-lee-in ]
/ ˈoʊ li ɪn /

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 oleum oil) + -ine -in2

Words nearby olein

olefin series, olefine, oleic, oleic acid, oleiferous, olein, olekma, olenek, oleo, oleo oil, oleo strut
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British Dictionary definitions for olein

olein
/ (ˈəʊlɪɪn) /

noun

another name for triolein

Word Origin for olein

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