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.