tristearin

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

• noun A colorless, odorless, tasteless solid ester of glycerol and stearic acid, C₅₇H₁₁₀O₆, found in most animal and vegetable fats and used in the manufacture of soaps, candles, and adhesives and for textile sizing.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A glycerol ester containing three stearic acid radicals: a white crystalline non-volatile solid with a fatty feel, which makes up a large portion of certain solid fats, like tallow.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Physiol. Chem.) See stearin.

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

• noun organic chemistry The triglyceride of stearic acid

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• noun a triglyceride of stearic acid