palmitin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of palmitin
From the French word palmitine, dating back to 1855–60. See palm 2, -ite 1, -in 2
Example Sentences
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Mutton tallow, beef tallow, and lard are rich in stearin, human fat and palm oil in palmitin, and sperm and cod-liver oils in olein.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg
When tallow is saponified there is formed, from the palmitin, stearin, and olein contained, with the cauticizing agent—in this case, lime—a soap.
From Great Sea Stories by French, Joseph Lewis
Most of the natural oils and the animal oils and fats consist of ethereal salts of glycerin, with a large number of organic acids, principally stearic, oleic, and palmitic, forming respectively stearin, olein, and palmitin.
From The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary Section M, N, and O by Project Gutenberg
The commonest of these are stearin, a waxy solid, palmitin, a softer solid, and olein, an oil.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various
Like these, it is made up chiefly of stearin, palmitin, and olein, but, in addition, it contains an abnormally large proportion of compounds of certain of the volatile fatty acids.
From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon
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