|  triglyceride 
 
 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
 • Hypernyms:
 lipid, lipide, lipoid, glyceride, acylglycerol
 • Substance Holonyms:
 fat
 
 
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