myricin - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'myricin' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Myricin

[ 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.

Nearby Words:

myrcia myria- myriacanthous myriad myriagram myriagramme myrialiter myrialitre myriameter myriametre

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