Might mean (unverified): Eighteen carbon atoms, hydrocarbon group.
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noun:  (organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₈H₃₇, formally derived from an octadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom

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