glyceride

English Thesaurus

1. an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	animal oil,
definition	:	any oil obtained from animal substances (noun.substance)

hypernym	:	glyceryl ester,
definition	:	an ester of glycerol (noun.substance)

hyponym	:	triglyceride,
definition	:	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 (noun.substance)

part meronym	:	fat,
definition	:	a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides) (noun.substance)