Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MYRISTIC
MYRISTIC My *ris "tic, a. (Chem. )
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica ). Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance.
New American Oxford Dictionary
myristic acid
myristic acid |mʌɪˈrɪstɪk, mɪ -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry a compound present in oil of nutmeg and other natural fats. ●A straight-chain fatty acid; chem. formula: CH 3 (CH 2 ) 12 COOH. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: myristic from modern Latin Myristica (genus name ), from medieval Latin ( nux ) myristica ‘nutmeg ’, from Greek murizein ‘anoint ’.
Oxford Dictionary
myristic acid
myristic acid |mʌɪˈrɪstɪk, mɪ -| ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry a compound present in oil of nutmeg and other natural fats. ●A straight-chain fatty acid; chem. formula: CH 3 (CH 2 ) 12 COOH. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: myristic from modern Latin Myristica (genus name ), from medieval Latin ( nux ) myristica ‘nutmeg ’, from Greek murizein ‘anoint ’.
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