MYRICIN
\mˈa͡ɪɹɪsˌɪn], \mˈaɪɹɪsˌɪn], \m_ˈaɪ_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_n]\
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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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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.
By Noah Webster.
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A yellow crystalline substance, C46H92O2= C30H61.C16H31O2, i. e., a palmitate of Myricyl, or C30H61; forming the part of beeswax that is little soluble in alcohol.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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