linolenic acid

Definitions of linolenic acid
  1. noun
    a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid
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    type of:
    omega-6, omega-6 fatty acid
    a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning
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