Wax
Of lipid.
Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water.
This concept's ID is @1~76515
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- beeswax
A yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs.
- Japan wax
A yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes.
- floor wax
A preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors.
- pisang wax
A wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain.
- ceresin
A white wax extracted from ozokerite.
- candelilla wax
A hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs.
- bayberry wax
A fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles.
- paraffin
From crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings.
- cerumen
A soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal.
- vegetable wax
A waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palm...
- spermaceti
A white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale.
- shellac wax
A hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol.
- gondang wax
A hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree.
- ski wax
Wax used on the bottom of skis.
- scale wax
Partly refined paraffin wax.
- carnauba
Hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor...
- montan wax
A hard wax obtained from lignite.