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noun
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, odorless wax, C26H52O2, usually obtained from beeswax or carnauba wax.
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Also called cerinic acid, hexacosanoic acid.
Origin of cerotic acid
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby cerotic acid
cerography, ceropegia, ceroplastic, ceroplastics, cerotic, cerotic acid, cerotype, cerous, cerrado, Cerredo, Cerritos
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