melene
English
Etymology
Blend of melissic + ethylene
Noun
melene
- (organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax.
Synonyms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for melene in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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