triglyceride

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

triglyceride
    n 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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Triglyceride \Tri*glyc"er*ide\, n. [Pref. tri- + glyceride.]
   (Chem.)
   A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms
   in glycerin by acid radicals.
   [1913 Webster]

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