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ABEILLE SEPAREE [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Melecta separata
Latin
OBS

An insect (order Hymenoptera) of the family Apidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Melecta separata
Latin
OBS

Insecte (ordre des Hyménoptères) de la famille des Apidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Additives
  • Pharmacy
DEF

A hard yellowish to brown wax composed chiefly of hydrocarbons that is found as a coating on candelilla shrubs and used similarly to carnauba wax.

DEF

A yellowish-brown, opaque to translucent solid wax. Soluble in chloroform, turpentine, carbon tetrachloride, trichloroethylene, toluene, hot petroleum ether and alkalies; insoluble in water.

CONT

Candelilla wax. Glazing and polishing agent for confectionery.

OBS

candelilla wax: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Pharmacie
DEF

Cire végétale que l’on trouve dans les écailles recouvrant certaines plantes [...]

CONT

Le candelilla est extrait en immergeant les plantes dans de l'eau bouillante contenant un peu d’acide sulfurique et en écrémant la cire séparée. Cette cire [...] contient 28 à 29 p. 100 d’esters, 12 à 14 p. 100 d’alcools [...], 50 à 51 p. 100 d’hydrocarbures, 7 à 9 p. 100 d’humidité. Elle est insoluble dans l'eau, mais soluble dans le chloroforme, l'essence de térébenthine, le tétrachlorure de carbone, le toluène. [...] On l'utilise [...] comme succédané de la cire de carnauba et de la cire d’abeille.

OBS

candelilla; cire de candelilla : termes uniformisés par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Farmacia
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