|linə|lēik-, lə̇ˈnōlēik- noun
Etymology: linoleic International Scientific Vocabulary lin- (from Greek, from linon flax) + oleic (in oleic acid )
: a liquid unsaturated fatty acid C 17 H 31 COOH that occurs in the form of glycerides in linseed oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, and other drying and semidrying oils, that is used chiefly in making salts for use as driers in paints and varnishes, and that is considered one of the fatty acids essential in animal nutrition; cis -9, cis -12-octadecadienoic acid