margaric

Resembling pearl; pearly.

Pertaining to or resembling pearl.

Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.

A white, crystalline substance, C17H34O2 of the fatty acid series, intermediate between palmitic and stearic acids, and obtained from the wax of certain lichens, from cetyl cyanide, and other sources. Called also heptadecanoic acid.

Pertaining to pearl or pearls (rare except in designation of margaric acid).