myricin Meaning, Definition & Usage

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.