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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] a fig + [GREEK] wax +

-yl

(Chem.)

A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig.

sycoceryl ‎(uncountable)

(chemistry) A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig.