Ceraceous

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ceraceous \Ce*ra"ceous\, a. [L. cera wax.]
     Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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