Oleic

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oleic \O"le*ic\ ([=o]*l[=e]"[i^]k or [=o]*l[=a]"[i^]k or
     [=o]"l[-e]*[i^]k), a. [L. oleum oil: cf. F. ol['e]ique.]
     (Physiol.Chem.)
     Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic
     acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with
     glyceryl in the form of olein in certain animal and vegetable


     fats and oils, such as sperm oil, olive oil, etc. At low
     temperatures the acid is crystalline, but melts to an oily
     liquid above 14[deg] C.
     [1913 Webster]