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Webster 1913 Edition


Cerin

Ce′rin

,
Noun.
[L.
cera
wax +
-in
: cf. L.
cerinus
wax-colored.]
1.
(Chem.)
A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol.
Watts.
2.
(Min.)
A variety of the mineral allanite.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cerin

CERIN

,
Noun.
1.
A peculiar substance which precipitates on evaporation, from alcohol, which has been digested on grated cork.
2.
The part of common wax which dissolves in alcohol.
3.
A variety of the mineral allanite.

Definition 2024


cerin

cerin

English

Noun

cerin (plural cerins)

  1. (obsolete) beeswax
  2. (organic chemistry) A triterpene found in cork.

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