Unsaponifiable

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  • adj. not able to be saponified; used of those lipids (such as steroids) that are not glycerides
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not capable of saponification.
  • Word Usage
    "Under this heading should also be included stearines produced by submitting distilled fat to hydraulic pressure, the distillates from e from unsaponifiable matter, cocoa-nut oleine, a bye-product from the manufacture of edible cocoa-nut butter and consisting largely of free acids, and palm-nut oleine obtained in a similar manner from palm-nut oil."
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