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1. (noun) glycerol, glycerin, glycerine
a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils

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1. (noun) glycerine
an oily, viscous liquid, C3H5(OH)3, colorless and odorless, and with a hot, sweetish taste, existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin

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