What is "hexacosane"

Hexeikosane \Hex*ei"ko*sane\, n. [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.) A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; -- so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon.

n. (context organic compound English) Any of very many isomers of the aliphatic hydrocarbon having 26 carbon atoms, but especially ''n-hexacosane'' CH₃(CH₂)₂₄CH₃