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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The triglyceride of the straight-chain isomer of butyric acid, C15H26O6, naturally present in butter and used as a flavoring and plasticizer.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A colorless compound, C3H5(OCOCH2CH2CH3)3, contained in cows’ butter and formed from glycerol and butyric acid. It boils at 285° C.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry The triglyceride of butyric acid; butyrin

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a bitter oily triglyceride of butyric acid; a form of butyrin

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