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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[

Mel

issic + ethyl

ene

(Chem.)

An unsaturated hydrocarbon,

C30H60

, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; – called also

melissene

, and

melissylene

melene

(organic chemistry) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C₃₀H₆₀, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax.

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