Margaric-acid
noun, Chemistry.
1.
a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, fatty acid, C 1 7 H 3 4 O 2 , resembling stearic acid, obtained from lichens or synthetically.
noun
1.
another name for heptadecanoic acid
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