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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