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• bayberry wax, bayberry tallow go
  a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
  
• carnauba, carnauba wax go
  hard yellowish to brownish wax from leaves of the carnauba palm used especially in floor waxes and polishes
  
• candelilla wax go
  a hard brown wax that occurs as a coating on candelilla shrubs
  
• ceresin go
  a white wax extracted from ozokerite
  
• floor wax go
  a preparation containing wax and used to polish and preserve the finish of floors
  
• gondang wax, fig wax go
  a hard cream-colored wax obtained from a Javanese fig tree
  
• Japan wax, Japan tallow go
  a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries
  
• montan wax go
  a hard wax obtained from lignite
  
• pisang wax go
  a wax obtained from the leaves of a plantain
  
• scale wax, paraffin scale go
  partly refined paraffin wax
  
• ski wax go
  wax used on the bottom of skis
  
• beeswax go
  a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
  
• cerumen, earwax go
  a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal
  
• paraffin, paraffin wax go
  from crude petroleum
  
• spermaceti go
  a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale
  
• vegetable wax go
  a waxy substance obtained from plants (especially from the trunks of certain palms)
  
• shellac wax, lac wax go
  a hard wax separated from shellac by its insolubility in alcohol