palmic

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What does palmic mean?

Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant ( Ricinus communis , or Palma Christi ) and other species of the family Euphorbiaceae ; -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid (d-12-hydroxyoleic acid, C18H34O3 ).

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