Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Myristic"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Myristic \My*ris"tic\, a. (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg ({Myristica}).
Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and
otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy
substance.


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