pimaric, a. Chem.
(pɪˈmærɪk, paɪ-)
[mod. f. Pī(nus) mar(itima) + -ic; in F. pimarique.]
In pimaric acid, ‘an acid resin (C20H30O2) occurring in the turpentine of Pinus maritima’ (Watts).
| 1857 Miller Elem. Chem. III. 502 White resin or galipot is obtained from Bordeaux turpentine, furnished by the Pinus maritima, and consists almost entirely of an acid resin, the pimaric. 1880 Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. 364 The Resin consists of three isomeric acids, Pimaric, Pinic, and Sylvic, differing in their solubility in alcohol. Pinic acid is soluble in cold alcohol; sylvic in warm alcohol; pimaric requires boiling spirit; the formula..is C20H30O2. |