'Myricin' definitions:

Definition of 'Myricin'

From: 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]