ceryl alcohol

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ceryl alcohol - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 paraffin
     series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.
     [1913 Webster]