triglyceride

Noun
  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 (synset 114909520)
    is a type of:
    • acylglycerol, glyceride - an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
    • lipid, lipide, lipoid - an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
    substance meronym: fat - a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides)

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