(Watts). Chem. [f. COC-O + -IN.] A fat (glyceride of cocinic acid) existing in coco-nut oil. Cocinate, a salt of Cocinic acid, a fatty acid obtained from coco-nut oil.
c. 1865. Letheby, in Circ. Sc., I. 95/1. The oleine amounts to about 71 per cent., and the … cocine or cocinine, to 29.
1863–72. Watts, Dict. Chem., I. 1063. Cocinin, cocinate of glyceryl, the … neutral fat corresponding to cocinic acid.
