Definition of Margeric
Mar*gar"ic (?), a. [Cf. F.
margarique. See Margarite.] Pertaining to, or
resembling, pearl; pearly.
Margaric acid. (a) (Physiol.
Chem.) A fatty body, crystallizing in pearly scales, and
obtained by digesting saponified fats (soaps) with an acid. It was
formerly supposed to be an individual fatty acid, but is now known to
be simply an intimate mixture of stearic and palmitic acids.
(b) (Chem.) A white, crystalline
substance, C17H34O2 of the fatty
acid series, intermediate between palmitic and stearic acids, and
obtained from the wax of certain lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and
other sources.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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