chinese wax
chinese wax chinese wax, a snowy-white, waxlike substance brought from china. it is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family coccid? especially coccus sinensis... see also chinese | ||||
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Chinese wax
Chinese wax is a white to yellowish-white, gelatinous, crystalline water-insoluble substance obtained from the wax secreted by certain insects.
It resembles spermaceti but is harder, more friable, and with a higher melting point. It is deposited on the branches of certain trees by the scale insect Ceroplastes ceriferus, common in China and India, or a related scale insect, Ericerus pela, of China and Japan. The insects and their secretions are harvested and boiled with water to extract the raw wax. The insect bodies, which settle to the bottom, are used as food for swine.
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