\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}.