Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
ceryl alcohol , C27H55OH.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also
cerotic alcohol ,ceryl alcohol .
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- noun organic chemistry A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an
alcohol of themarsh gas series ; cerotic alcohol; ceryl alcohol.
Etymologies
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See cerotene.
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