What is "myricin"

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.

n. (context organic compound English) 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; myricyl alcohol.