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margaritic acid

margaritic acid is the alternative form of margaric acid.

Meaning of margaric acid

Noun

margaric acid (uncountable)

  1. A saturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₁₅COOH, that occurs only in very small amounts in natural oils and fats

Origin of margaritic acid

Compare French margaritique.

Questions about margaritic acid

What is margaritic acid the alternative form of?
Margaritic acid is the alternative form of margaric acid.

Words near margaritic acid in the dictionary

  1. margaritas
  2. margaritasite
  3. margarite
  4. margarites
  5. margaritic
  6. margaritic acid
  7. margaritiferid
  8. margaritiferids
  9. margaritiferous
  10. Margarito
  11. margaritomancy

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