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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 ]