myricin

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounmyricin (uncountable)
  1. archaicuncountablechemistryA 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.

Origin

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

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Anagrams

criminy
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “myricin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/myricin.

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