(rare) Pertaining to nutmeg.

(chemistry) any salt or ester of myristic acid

plural of myristate

(organic chemistry) A saturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₁₂COOH, tetradecanoic acid, found in both animal and vegetable oils and fats; used in the manufacture of soap, cosmetics etc.

(organic chemistry) 3-methoxy,4,5-methylendioxy-allylbenzene, a natural organic compound found in the essential oil of nutmeg and to a lesser extent in other spices; it can be used as an insecticide and acaricide and has hallucinogenic properties at high doses

plural of myristica

(botany) Any member of the genus Myristica of nutmegs.

(organic chemistry, archaic) An oily substance extracted from oil of nutmeg.

(botany) Belonging to the Myristicaceae.