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productA type of physical object, a waxy substance derived from sperm whales, used as a high-quality, bright, and clean-burning candle material in the 18th century.
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Spermaceti is a waxy substance derived from the head cavity of the sperm whale, a material that whalers discovered in the late 17th century had remarkable properties as a candle material.