Explanatory notes
… cerifera ). It is greenish, greyish or yellowish in colour, more or less oily, nearly crystalline in structure, very … state, soft and with an odour resembling that of sugar‑cane molasses. (6) Cotton wax and flax wax , contained in the … or paper, mastics, polishes, etc. The best known among the other insect waxes are : (1) Lac wax , obtained …