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Palmitic

Pertaining to or obtained from palmitin or palm oil as palmitic acid C16H32O2 a white crystalline substance belonging to the fatty

in olive oil etc Chemically it is a glyceride of palmitic acid three molecules of palmitic acid being united to one

base combined with various acids as oleic margaric stearic and palmitic It may be obtained by saponification of fats and oils

a white crystalline substance CH3CH210COOH resembling palmitic acid and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree

A salt of palmitic acid

The ketone of palmitic acid

of sodium potassium etc with the fatty acids oleic stearic palmitic etc See the Note below and cf Saponification By extension

the less soluble part of beeswax and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series called also

A South African plant Prionium Palmita of the Rush family having long serrated leaves The stems