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An important feature that all lipids have in common with one another is they are hydrophobic structures.

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The characteristic common to lipids is that they are insoluble in water.

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All lipids are insoluble in water, meaning that they do not dissolve in water.

This is the only characteristic that all lipids share.

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They can dissolve in ether and they are hydrophobic.

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none of them dissolves in water

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Hydrophobic (water-fearing). :)

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