Myr'i-cine, n.
n. [Fr. myricine, from myrica, Gr. μυρίκη, a kind of shrub, the tamarisk.] (Chem.) An insoluble substance analogous to spermaceti, which constitutes nearly one third of common bees-wax.
n. [Fr. myricine, from myrica, Gr. μυρίκη, a kind of shrub, the tamarisk.] (Chem.) An insoluble substance analogous to spermaceti, which constitutes nearly one third of common bees-wax.