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Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif., denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin.
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A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.
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A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.
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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; -- called also myricyl alcohol.
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Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
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An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also melissene, and melissylene.
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A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
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A radical, C27H55 supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc.
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A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
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Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.
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The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
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