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Definition of ceryl alcohol

ceryl alcohol
Cerotin 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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