Usually means: Resembling or characteristic of paraffin wax.
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▸ adjective:  (obsolete, organic chemistry) Resembling paraffin; aliphatic

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isoparaffinic, paraffinic, arophatic, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, alkylphenolic, olefinic, cetylic, terpenoidal, dearomatized, more...

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isoparaffinic, paraffinic, arophatic, aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, alkylphenolic, olefinic, cetylic, terpenoidal, dearomatized, more...



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