English noun: triglyceride | |||
1. | triglyceride (substance) glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body | ||
Broader (hypernym) | acylglycerol, glyceride, lipid, lipide, lipoid | ||
Substance meronym | fat | ||