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Palmitin :: Palmitin (n.) 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..

Tripalmitin :: Tripalmitin (n.) See Palmitin.

Soap :: Soap (n.) A substance which dissolves in water, thus forming a lather, and is used as a cleansing agent. Soap is produced by combining fats or oils with alkalies or alkaline earths, usually by boiling, and consists of salts of sodium, potassium, etc., with the fatty acids (oleic, stearic, palmitic, etc.). See the Note below, and cf. Saponification. By extension, any compound of similar composition or properties, whether used as a cleaning agent or not..

Palmerworm :: Palmerworm (n.) Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects..

Palm :: Palm (n.) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Palmar :: Palmar (a.) Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.

Jagua Palm :: "Jagua palm () A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and tubs..

Ricinoleate :: Ricinoleate (n.) A salt of ricinoleic acid; -- formerly called palmate.

Palmatisected :: Palmatisected (a.) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted..

Palmistry :: Palmistry (n.) The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy..

Impalm :: Impalm (v. t.) To grasp with or hold in the hand.

Palmin :: Palmin (n.) Ricinolein.

Papaw :: Papaw (n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled..

Arenga :: Arenga (n.) A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm..

Palmacite :: Palmacite (n.) A fossil palm.

Doum Palm :: Doum palm () See Doom palm.

Carnauba :: Carnauba (n.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

Sea Apple :: Sea apple () The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea..

Palmiferous :: Palmiferous (a.) Bearing palms.

Cocoanut :: Cocoanut (n.) The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil..

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