• (n.) 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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Myr'i·cin noun [ Confer French
myricine . Prob. so called from a fancied resemblance to the wax of the bayberry (
Myrica ).]
(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 ser...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mir′i-sin Definitions: 1. Myricyl palmitate, a white, almost odorless solid that is the chief constituent of beeswax.
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