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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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Word Origin for olein
C19: from French oléine, from Latin oleum oil + -in
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