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Meaning of 'glyceride' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Glyceride [ n.]
- A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

Meaning of 'glyceride' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . glyceride [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils
Example in sentence:
  • fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid

Nearby Words:

glycerate glyceric glycerin glycerine glycerite glycerol glyceryl glycide glycidic glycin

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    Phosphoglycerides straight-chain fatty acids ester-linked to glycerol phosphate.

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