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  • noun organic chemistry The common name for glycerol.

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  • noun a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils

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  • "Everything's gone white

    And everything's grey

    Now you're here now you're away

    I don't want this

    Remember that

    I'll never forget where you're at

    Don't let the days go by

    Glycerine"

    January 10, 2007