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Webster 1913 Edition

Myricin

Myr′i-cin

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
myricine
. Prob. so called from a fancied resemblance to the wax of the bayberry (
Myrica
).]
(Chem.)
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Myricin

MYR'ICIN

,
Noun.
The substance which remains after bees-wax, or the wax of the myrica cordifolia, has been digested in alcohol.

Definition 2025

myricin

myricin

English

Noun

myricin ‎(uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) 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.

Etymology

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

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