Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Palmic \Pal"mic\, a. [Cf. F. palmique.] (Chem.)
   Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant
   ({Ricinus communis}, or {Palma Christi}); -- formerly used to
   designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid. [Obsoles.]