vegetable fat extracted from various kinds of myrtle berries
applied to plants of the genus Myrica: (a) bog myrtle, Dutch myrtle, Sweet Gale, Myrica Gale; (b) candleberry myrtle, wax-myrtle, q.v.
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Taime nimi on vahaporss. {KMU 17.09.2001}
LA: Myrica cerifera [EUR] [MAV]
EN: wax myrtle [EUR] - Evergreen shrub of the family Myricaceae. Habitat: New Jersey to Florida and Texas. Yields wax used in making candles. Grows best in moist peaty soil. [TER]
Vahaporsa marjad on kaetud paksu sinakashalli vahaja kihiga. Marju keedetakse vees ja saadakse pehme kergesti sulav mürtelvaha, milles leidub palmitiin- ning steariinhapet ja mis keemiliselt koostiselt kuulub rohkem rasvade hulka. Mürtelvaha sulamistemperatuur on 45 'C, sellest valmistatakse küünlaid ja seda kasutatakse parfümeeriatööstuses.
mürt on hoopis perekonnast Myrtaceae (porss on perekonnast Myricaceae), mürdilehtedest saadavat eeterlikku õli (mürdiõli) tarvitatakse parfümeerias ja kulinaarias. {27.11.2000}
Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified, but not including chinawood oil, myrtle wax, japan wax or oil of tungnuts, oleococca seeds or oiticica seeds ...
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