Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. organic material
7. lipid
8. fat

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials
4. materials
5. materials by composition
6. organic material
7. wax
8. wax by composition or origin
9. vegetable wax

Anotations

Scope note:

Pale yellow, soft, waxy substance obtained from the berries of Toxicodendron vernicifluum, the sumac tree native to Japan, and Toxicodendron succedaneum. It is not a true wax, but a fat. Japan wax is a byproduct of lacquer manufacture; it contains palmitic acid, stearic acid, and oleic acid with japanic acid. Japan wax is sold in flat squares or disks and has a rancid odor. It is used in the manufacture of candles, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, floor waxes, furniture polishes, pastels, crayons, buffing compounds, metal lubricants, adhesives, and as a substitute for beeswax.