Olearia (olearia)

[NL. (Moench, 1802), said (by Wittstein) to be so named from Adam Olearius (died 1671), librarian to Duke Freder of the most widely distributed of the natural fats, the trioleic ether of glycerol, having the formula C3H5(C18H3302)3. It is a colorle oil at ordinary temperatures, with little odor and a faint sweetish taste, insoluble in water, readily soluble in alcohol and ether. It becomes solid at 21° F. It is not found pure in nature, but the animal and vegetable fatty oils consist largely of it. Also elain.