#wax  any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
  supertype:  #lipid__lipide__lipoid  any oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)
  subtype:  #bayberry_wax__bayberry_tallow  a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
  subtype:  #carnauba_wax__carnauba  hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
  subtype:  #candelilla_wax  a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs
  subtype:  #ceresin  a white wax extracted from ozokerite
  subtype:  #floor_wax__floorwax  a preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors
  subtype:  #gondang_wax__fig_wax  a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree
  subtype:  #Japan_wax__Japan_tallow  a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes
  subtype:  #montan_wax  a hard wax obtained from lignite
  subtype:  #pisang_wax  a wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain
  subtype:  #scale_wax__scalewax__paraffin_scale  partly refined paraffin wax
  subtype:  #ski_wax  wax used on the bottom of skis
  subtype:  #beeswax  a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
     subtype:  #Ghedda_wax  wax from Indian and African bees
  subtype:  #cerumen__earwax  a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
  subtype:  #paraffin_wax__paraffin  from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
  subtype:  #spermaceti  a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale
  subtype:  #vegetable_wax__vegetablewax  wax from plants; especially from the trunks of certain palms
  subtype:  #shellac_wax__shellacwax__lac_wax__lacwax  a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol

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