Sycoceryl

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

  Sycoceryl \Syc`o*ce"ryl\, n. [Gr. ? a fig + ? wax + -yl.]
     (Chem.)
     A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential
     ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an
     Australian species of fig.
     [1913 Webster]