Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Palmic

Palmic , adjective

[Compare French palmique.]

(Chemistry) 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). [Obsolescent]