📚 noun • entry_id 48313
stearin
/ˈstɪəɹɪn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
estearina
A glyceride (especially the triglyceride) of stearic acid
1860, Oil, entry in The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volumes 16: Murillo—Organ, page 415, When exposed to the temperature of 32°, it depos…
Palmkernel (PK) oil is fractionated in one step to concentrate the triglycerides containing medium-chain fatty acids (lauric and myristic) into a stearin fraction.