''Adeps'' may refer to: * ''Adeps'', a genus of beetles in the family

Tenebrionidae Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae. The number of species in the Tenebrionidae is estimated at more than 20,000 and the family is cosmopolitan in distribution. Taxonomy ''Tenebrio'' is the Latin gen ...

, synonym of '' Adepsion'' * ''Adeps'', a genus of amphipods in the family Corophiidae, synonym of ''

Audouinia ''Audouinia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Bruniaceae Bruniaceae is a family of shrubs native to the cape region of South Africa. They are mostly restricted to the Cape Province, but a small number of species occur in ...

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adeps lanae Lanolin (from Latin 'wool', and 'oil'), also called wool yolk, wool wax, or wool grease, is a wax secreted by the sebaceous glands of wool-bearing animals. Lanolin used by humans comes from domestic sheep breeds that are raised specifically fo ...

, greasy substance

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