behenic acid
noun
be·hen·ic acid
bə-ˈhe-nik-,
-ˈhē-
: a crystalline fatty acid CH3(CH2)20COOH occurring in the form of esters especially in the fats and oils from seeds (such as ben oil, peanut oil) and in some waxes
called also docosanoic acid
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary behen (variant of ben entry 7) + -ic; probably originally formed as French béhénique
- spurgalls
- spurge
- spurge family
- spurge flax
- spurge laurel
- spurge moth
- spurge nettle
- spurge olive
- spurges
- spuriae
- spurious
- spurious claw
- spurious disk
- spurious fruit
- spurious primary
- spurious quill
- spurious vein
- spurious wing
- spuriouser
- spuriousest
- spuriouslier
- spuriousliest
- spuriously
- spuriousness
- spuriousnesses