triacontanol

Noun. (organic compound) Any of very many alcohols of the general formula C₃₀H₆₂O, but especially 1-triacontanol, also known as ''melissyl alcohol'' or ''myricyl alcohol'', that is found in plant cuticle waxes and in beeswax as the palmitate ester.

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