linoleic, a. Chem.
(lɪnəʊˈliːɪk)
[f. L. līn-um + ole-um oil + -ic.]
linoleic acid: an acid found as a glyceride in linseed and other oils. Hence liˈnoleate, a salt of linoleic acid. So liˈnolein [-in1] (see quot. 1900).
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. iii. 360 The oleic acid furnished by the saponification of linseed oil differs from ordinary oleic acid; Sacc terms it linoleic acid. Ibid. 370 The olein of olive oil differs from the olein of linseed oil, or linolein. 1865 Watts Dict. Chem. III. 700 Linoleic Acid. Papaverolic acid. Ibid., Linoleate of lead. 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 148 Linolein, the glyceride of linoleic acid found in linseed oil. |