- A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and
odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially
in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.
- A fatty substance, extracted from animal fats and certain
vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin
and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination
of tristearin and teipalmitin.
- Fatty substance obtained from wool - In all, no messy wool fat - Wool fat - Wool grease - A peculiar fatlike body, made up of cholesterin and
certain fatty acids, found in feathers, hair, wool, and keratin tissues
generally.