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Butanoic acid Moderate

Butanoic acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an unpleasant smelling fatty acid found especially in butter

2

The chemical compound with the formula CH₃(CH₂)₂COOH, a short chain fatty acid; its glyceride is one of the principle components of the flavour of butter.

See Also
flavour glyceride principle fatty acid component butanoate butanoic butyric acid
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
saturated fatty acid
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
hydroxybutyric acid
Rhyming Words
cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid
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