(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:25:26

Cer"o*tin (?), n. [See Cerotene.] Chem.

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

 

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