The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Adipose \Ad"i*pose`\ (?; 277), a. [L. adeps, adipis, fat,
   grease.]
   Of or pertaining to animal fat; fatty.
   [1913 Webster]

   Adipose fin (Zool.), a soft boneless fin.

   Adipose tissue (Anat.), that form of animal tissue which
      forms or contains fat.
      [1913 Webster] Adiposeness

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

adipose
    adj 1: composed of animal fat; "adipose tissue constitutes the
           fat of meat"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

75 Moby Thesaurus words for "adipose":
   beefy, big-bellied, bloated, blowzy, blubbery, bosomy, brawny,
   burly, buttery, butyraceous, buxom, chrismal, chrismatory, chubby,
   chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fattish, fatty, fleshy,
   full, greasy, gross, heavyset, hefty, hippy, imposing, lardaceous,
   lardy, lusty, meaty, mucoid, obese, oily, oleaginous, oleic,
   overweight, paunchy, plump, podgy, portly, potbellied, pudgy,
   puffy, pursy, rich, roly-poly, rotund, sebaceous, sleek, slick,
   slippery, smooth, soapy, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, stocky,
   stout, strapping, suety, swollen, tallowy, thick-bodied, thickset,
   top-heavy, tubby, unctuous, unguent, unguentary, unguentous,
   well-fed