melissic acid

melissic acid
A long-chain saturated fatty acid found in waxes. [G. melissa, bee + -ic]

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me·lis·sic acid mə-.lis-ik- n a crystalline fatty acid C30H60O2 found free or in the form of its ester with myricyl alcohol in beeswax and other waxes and also obtained by oxidation of myricyl alcohol

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