Defn: A salt of ricinoleic acid; — formerly called palmate.
RICINOLEIC
Ric`in*o"le*ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, a fatty acid analogous to oleic acid, obtained from castor oil as an oily substance, Cricinolic.
RICINOLEIN
Ric`in*o"le*in, n. Etym: [L. ricinus castor-oil plant + oleum oil.]
(Chem.)
Defn: The glycerin salt of ricinoleic acid, occuring as a characteristic constituent of castor oil; — formerly called palmin.
RICINOLIC
Ric`i*nol"ic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Ricinoleic.
RICINUS
Ric"i*nus (, n. Etym: [L., the castor-oil plant.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of plants of the Spurge family, containing but one species (R. communis), the castor-oil plant. The fruit is three- celled, and contains three large seeds from which castor oil iss expressed. See Palma Christi.
RICK
Rick, n. Etym: [OE. reek, rek, AS. hreác a heap; akin to hryce rick,
Icel. hraukr.]