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margaric acid definition

mar·garic acid (mär gar′ik, -gär′-; mär′gə rik)

a white, crystalline fatty acid, CHO, obtained from lichens or synthetically

Etymology: Fr margarique < Gr margaron, a pearl (see Margaret): from the pearly luster of its crystals

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