Definition of Japan wax

1. Noun. A yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes.

Exact synonyms: Japan Tallow
Generic synonyms: Wax

Medical Definition of Japan wax

1. A vegetable wax derived from Rhus succedanea and Toxicodendron verniciferum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japan Wax

Janus cloth
Janus green B
Janus particle
Janus particles
Jap
Japan
Japan Socialist Party
Japan Standard Time
Japan Trench
Japan allspice
Japan bittersweet
Japan cedar
Japan current
Japan tallow
Japan wax
Japanazi
Japanazis
Japanese
Japanese-speaking
Japanese Archipelago
Japanese B encephalitis virus
Japanese Bobtail
Japanese Bobtails
Japanese Giant Salamanders
Japanese Islands
Japanese Red Army
Japanese Sign Language
Japanese allspice
Japanese amberjack

Literary usage of Japan wax

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pharmaceutical Journal by Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1860)
"japan wax has also been described by Martiny as follows :— " To determine this ... Rhus succedanea, the species which furnishes the japan wax, has long been ..."

2. Chemical Technology and Analysis of Oils, Fats, and Waxes by Julius Lewkowitsch (1904)
"japan wax is a hard, tallow-like mass which surrounds the kernels of the ... The manufacture of japan wax is carried out in a somewhat crude fashion by ..."

3. Chemical Technology, Or, Chemistry in Its Applications to Arts and Manufactures by Charles Edward Groves, William Thorp, Friedrich Ludwig Knapp, Thomas Richardson, Edmund Ronalds, Henry Watts, William Joseph Dibdin (1895)
"japan wax.—This is also a fat containing nearly the same amount of glycerol as myrtle wax. It is obtained from the berries of several species of Rhus, ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1899)
"Cold Cream: Spermaceti, 12.5 Gm.; japan wax, 10.0 Gm.; expressed oil of almond, 62.0 Cc.: stronger rose-water, 19.0 Gm.; sodium borate, ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1899)
"60 powder, 32 Gm. ; Japan * * z Gm. ; resin, 18 Gm.; lard, ^8 Gm. : oil of turpentine, 15 Cc. )ll65 Cm. r> Cerate: Spermaceti, 10 Gm. ; Japan -wax, ..."

6. Tropical Agriculture: A Treatise on the Culture, Preparation, Commerce and by Peter Lund Simmonds (1889)
"THE japan wax TREE.—In Japan a considerable quantity of solid vegetable wax, which melts at 128° and congeals at 132°, is obtained from the seeds or berries ..."

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