Glycerin

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(Chem.) An oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.

Noun

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glycerin - a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils Synonyms: glycerine, glycerol

alcohol, glycerine, glycerol