(n.) 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.

animal oil cerate drying oil essential oil fat fatty oil fixed oil glycerin glycerin jelly glycerogel glycerogelatin glycerol glycerole grease hydrogenated fat lipid margarin mineral oil oil olein oleum palmitin polyunsaturated fat sebum stearin tallow triolein tripalmitin tristearin unsaturated fat vegetable oil volatile oil