insect wax
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of insect wax
First recorded in 1850–55
Example Sentences
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Candles made from this get soft in hot weather, which is prevented by coating them with insect wax.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
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