myricin

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Definition of myricin

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noun

  1. (archaic, uncountable)A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; myricyl alcohol.

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Etymology

Compare French myricine. Probably so called from a fancied resemblance to the wax of the bayberry (Myrica).

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