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Definition of Fig wax
1. Noun. A hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fig Wax
Literary usage of Fig wax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1871)
"... yields a wax similar to that afforded by the Myrica, and it is used for similar
purposes. fig wax.—A species of fig, ..."
2. Treatise on Applied Analytical Chemistry by Vittorio Villavecchia (1918)
"Waxes are of animal origin, such as beeswax, Chinese insect wax, wool fat and
spermaceti, and of vegetable origin, such as carnauba wax, fig wax, ..."
3. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Soap and Candles by Carl Deite, Alwin Engelhardt, Karl Schaedler (1888)
"571 Spermaceti ; Source of, specific gravity, and melting point . . 572 Waxes of
vegetable origin ; Japan-wax, melting and congealing points 573 Fig-wax or ..."
4. The American Fruit Culturist by Jon Jacob Thomas (1897)
"Fig. Wax. Large, slightly oval; rich yellow, mostly covered with red bloom lilac;
stalk long; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sprightly, freestone. October. ..."
5. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"The latter compound melts at 215°, and on oxidation yields dimethyl - fig wax v.
WAXES. FILBERT. ..."
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