Hypertext Webster Gateway: "palmitic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Palmitic \Pal*mit"ic\, a. (Physiol. Chem.)
Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as,
palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the
fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and
melts to a liquid oil at 62[deg] C.
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