Definition of Miricin
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 alcohol of the
paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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