polyunsaturated fatty acid
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an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has more than one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in fish and corn and soybean oil and safflower oil
Types & categories
- unsaturated fatty acid hypernym
- omega-3 fatty acid hyponym
- omega-6 fatty acid hyponym
- linoleic acid hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unsaturated fatty acid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | omega-3 fatty acid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | omega-6 fatty acid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | linoleic acid |