the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > body and parts of > fleece > lanolin in (4)
A greasy substance composed of excretions (e.g. suint, lanolin, etc.) from a sheep's skin and sebaceous glands, which coats the wool and protects…
Originally: the yolk (yolk, n.2) or grease found in the wool of sheep. In later use spec.: the water soluble part of the yolk, which consists of…
(a) = suint, n.; (b) = lanolin, n.