Myricin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also


     {myricyl alcohol}.
     [1913 Webster]