Insect wax
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Description
A general name for waxes that are produced by insects.
See Beeswax, Lac wax, creosote lac wax, and Chinese insect wax.
Synonyms and Related Terms
cera de insectos (Esp.); cera cinese (It); cera d'insetti (It); spermaceti vegetale (It)
Comparisons
Resources and Citations
- Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000