Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\ (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat, grease.]

Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.

Adipose fin (Zo["o]l.), a soft boneless fin.

Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which forms or contains fat.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\, n. (Physiol.) The fat present in the cells of adipose tissue, composed mainly of varying mixtures of tripalmitin, tristearin, and triolein. It solidifies after death.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)