English dictionary
melene
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noun
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An unsaturated hydrocarbon, C<sub>30</sub>H<sub>60</sub>, of the ethylene series, obtained from beeswax as a white, scaly, crystalline wax; -- called also <i>melissene</i>, and <i>melissylene</i>.
Source: webster1913