| 单词 | earth wax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth wax earth wax n. a natural form of paraffin wax; = ozokerite n. [After German Erdwachs (Glocker 1833 in the article cited at ozokerite n.); compare earlier fossil wax n. at fossil n. and adj. Compounds 2, mineral wax n. at mineral adj. Compounds 1.] ΚΠ 1881 U.S. Patent 236,198 1/1 There are several of these resins known under various local names. They are, for instance..the ‘ozokerit’ or ‘earth-wax,’ from Moldavia. 1958 W. T. O'Dea Social Hist. Lighting 216 Ozokerit, or ‘earth~wax’, found in the region of the Roumanian oil wells, later proved..superior, at a price, to paraffin wax candles. 2008 Org. Geochem. 39 372/2 As a result of their heterogeneity, earth wax, fossil resins,..and shungite are not classified as minerals. < as lemmas |
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