n :  a liquid unsaturated fatty acid C₁₈H₃₂O₂ found esp. in semidrying oils (as peanut oil) and essential for the nutrition of some animals - called also linolic acid  .
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  li·no·lic acid 
 
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