myricin

n. [化]蜂蜡素,软脂酸蜂酯

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    古体 不可数 化学

词源

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

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