Pal"mi*tate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of palmitic acid.
Pal"mite (?), n. [From Palm.] (Bot.) A South African plant (Prionium
Palmita) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves. The stems
have been used for making brushes.
Pal*mit"ic (?), a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from,
palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body
belonging to the fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot
alcohol, and melts to a liquid oil at 62∞ C.
Pal"mi*tin (?), n. [So called because abundant in palm oil.] (Physiol.
Chem.) A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in
vegetables. It occurs mixed with stearin and olein in the fat of animal
tissues, with olein and butyrin in butter, with olein in olive oil,
etc. Chemically, it is a glyceride of palmitic acid, three molecules of
palmitic acid being united to one molecule of glyceryl, and hence it is
technically called tripalmitin, or glyceryl tripalmitate.
Pal`mi*tol"ic (?), a. [Palmitic + -oleic + ic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to,
or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric
with linoleic acid.
Pal"mi*tone (?), n. (Chem.) The ketone of palmitic acid.
Palm" Sun`day (?). (Eccl.) The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called
in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when
the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.
Palm"y (?), a. 1. Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from
palms; as, a palmy shore. Pope.
His golden sands and palmy wine.
Goldsmith.