cerotin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white crystalline substance, C₂₇H₅₅.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; cerotic alcohol; ceryl alcohol.

Word forms

cerotin

Etymology

See cerotene.

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