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Meaning of petroselinic acid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An unsaturated fatty acid cis-6-octadecenoic acid found in many members of the family Apiaceae (e.g. parsley seed oil); it is a positional isomer of oleic acid, the double bond being in position 6 instead of 9.

uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Petrosian petrosilex Petrosino Petroski Petrosky Petroslav

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