Etymology

vaccenic

V4A1C3C3E1N1I1C3

Today it means: Of or pertaining to vaccenic acid or its derivatives Full definition →

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From Latin vacca (“cow”) + English -en (“carbon-carbon double bond”) + -ic.

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