Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Palmitic \Pal*mit"ic\, a. (Physiol. Chem.)
   Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as,
   palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the
   fatty acid series. It is readily soluble in hot alcohol, and
   melts to a liquid oil at 62[deg] C.