palmitin
nounThe triglyceride, C51H98O6, of palmitic acid, found in palm oil and animal fats and used to manufacture soap.
nounThe principal solid ingredient of palm-oil, C3H5(C16H31O2)3, a solid colorless crystalline substance, melting at about 45Β°C.: it is the triglyceride of palmitic acid. Also
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
A solid
an ester of glycerol and palmitic acid