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Melene

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C30H60, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; - called also melissene, and melissylene.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Melene'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​m/melene.html. 1828.