omega-6 fatty acid

English Thesaurus

1. a polyunsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has its first double valence bond six carbons from the beginning (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	polyunsaturated fatty acid,
definition	:	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 (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	linolenic acid,
definition	:	a liquid polyunsaturated fatty acid that occurs in some plant oils; an essential fatty acid (noun.substance)