单词 | plant wax |
释义 | > as lemmasplant wax plant wax n. wax obtained from plants; a particular kind of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > derived from plants vegetable wax1721 wax1799 tree-wax1857 plant wax1924 1924 J. A. Thomson Sci. Old & New xviii. 101 There are plant-waxes as well as animal-waxes. 1934 C. C. Steele Introd. Plant Biochem. ii. iii. 26 Still higher homologues [of ethyl alcohol] are constituents of both plant and animal waxes.., being mainly combined with acids in the form of esters. 1997 Biochemist Feb. 13/1 Plant waxes are a mixture of very-long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs), primary and secondary alcohols, aldehydes, ketones and esters. < as lemmas |
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