a. Chem. [f. L. līn-um + ole-um oil + -IC.] Linoleic acid: an acid found as a glyceride in linseed and other oils. Hence Linoleate, a salt of linoleic acid. So Linolein [-IN1.] (see quot. 1900).
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., III. 360. The oleic acid furnished by the saponification of linseed oil differs from ordinary oleic acid; Sacc terms it linoleic acid. Ibid., 370. The olein of olive oil differs from the olein of linseed oil, or linolein.
1865. Watts, Dict. Chem., III. 700. Linoleic Acid, Papaverolic acid. Ibid. Linoleate of lead.
1900. B. D. Jackson, Gloss. Bot. Terms, 148. Linolein, the glyceride of linoleic acid found in linseed oil.
