Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues;
it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule;
an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Triglyceride \Tri*glyc"er*ide\, n. [Pref. tri- + glyceride.]
(Chem.)
A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms
in glycerin by acid radicals.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
triglyceride
n 1: glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable
tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound
together in a single large molecule; an important energy
source forming much of the fat stored by the body