triglyceride
noun
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glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body
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- fat substance holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | fat |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | glyceride |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lipid |