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What is "ceraceous"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ceraceous

Ceraceous \Ce*ra"ceous\, a. [L. cera wax.] Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ceraceous

"waxy," 1738, from Latin cera "wax" (see cere (n.)) + -aceous.

Wiktionary
ceraceous

a. waxy

WordNet
ceraceous

adj. resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves" [syn: waxlike, waxy]