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palmic

palmic


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palmic  \Pal"mic\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  palmique.]  (Chem.) 
  Of  pertaining  to  or  derived  from  the  castor-oil  plant 
  ({Ricinus  communis},  or  {Palma  Christi});  --  formerly  used  to 
  designate  an  acid  now  called  ricinoleic  acid.  [Obsoles.]