Margaric /(?)/

Mar·gar·ic

Margaric

a.
  1. Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly.

Phrases & Compounds
Margaric acid
A fatty body, crystallizing in pearly scales, and obtained by digesting saponified fats (soaps) with an acid. It was formerly supposed to be an individual fatty acid, but is now known to be simply an intimate mixture of stearic and palmitic acids.