margaric acid


noun Chemistry.

a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, fatty acid, C17H34O2, resembling stearic acid, obtained from lichens or synthetically.

Origin of margaric acid

1810–20; < Greek márgar(on) pearl (probably back formation from margarī́tēs; see margarite) + -ic

British Dictionary definitions for margaric acid

margaric acid

noun

another name for heptadecanoic acid