stearin (also stearine)

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  N a colourless crystalline ester of glycerol and stearic acid, present in fats and used in soap and candles; glycerol tristearate; glycerol trioctadecanoate. Formula: (C17H35COO)3C3H5 三硬脂酸甘油酯 (Also called tristearin)