- myricine
- (mi-ri-si-n') s. f.Espèce de cire qui tire son nom du myrica cérifère.
Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré. d'Émile Littré. 1872-1877.
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Myricin — Myr i*cin, n. [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
myricyl alcohol — Myricin Myr i*cin, n. [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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
