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| mon·tan wax [ móntən wàks, món tàn wàks ] |
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brittle wax obtained from lignite: a brittle white to dark brown wax extracted from lignite and substituted in polishes and candles for carnauba and beeswax
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| [Early 20th century. < Latin montanus (see montane), because extracted from lignite, a mountain ore] |
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