chinese wax

chinese wax
noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
: a white or yellowish white crystalline wax resembling spermaceti but harder, more friable, and higher melting that is deposited on certain trees by a scale (Ceroplastes ceriferus) common in China and India or a related scale (Ericerus pela) of China and Japan and is used chiefly for making candles, polishing materials, and sizes for paper — called also Chinese insect wax, insect wax

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a white to yellowish-white, gelatinous, water-insoluble substance obtained from the wax secreted by certain insects, esp. a Chinese scale (Ericerus pela): used chiefly in the manufacture of polishes, sizes, and candles. Also called Chinese tree wax, insect wax.

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