"fatty alcohol" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fatty alcohols [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fatty alcohol (plural fatty alcohols)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of long-chain aliphatic alcohols, found in nature esterified with fatty acids in the form of waxes. Wikipedia link: fatty alcohol Categories (topical): Organic chemistry Translations (organic compound): rasva-alkoholi (Finnish), Fettalkohol [masculine] (German)

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